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51. Phylloscopus viRiDANUs,Bl.,= P, 7jilddendorffii,'Meyes, 

 var. intermedia, Sev. 



52. Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Swinh., = P. midden- 

 dorffii, Meves^ var. Jiypolaina, Sev. 



I did not distinguish the Indian Willow- Warbler from Mid- 

 dendorff's Willow- Warbler while collecting, and therefore 

 cannot now give a complete notice of their geographical dis- 

 tribution; but on the Pamir I noticed very characteristic 

 specimens of both. They are found on migration in the 

 second half of August throughout the Pamir. Some appeared 

 to me to have bred on the Pamir near Lake Ran-kul, and also 

 on the upper Kashgar-Darya^ where I found them in July 

 above the limit of vegetation. 



I may mention here, incidentally, that I have found a spe- 

 cimen of true P. viridanus among my series of Phylloscopus, 

 shot by me in May 1861 during migration at the mouth of 

 the Ural river. 



53. Sylvia nisoria, Bechst. 



The Barred Warbler was obtained in August near Lake 

 Ran-kul during migration. 



54. Sylvia curruca, Gm. 



The Lesser Whitethroat^ is found throughout the whole 

 Pamir during migration from as early as August to October, 

 when they frequent the neighbourhood of the river Kok-su, 

 at the southern foot of the mountain-pass of Kisil-art. 



55. Sylvia minuscula, Hume. 



Hume^s Lesser Whitethroat is a near relative of the pre- 

 ceding species. It is not larger than a Willow- Warbler 

 {Phylloscopus) , and breeds in great numbers in the Ferghana, 

 where the true S. curruca is seen only in migration. 



Obtained in migration in the beginning of September at 

 the foot of the Artcha pass, in the Alai. 



56. Calliope pectoralis, Gould. 



The Indian Ruby-throated Robin belongs to the region of 

 the upper junipers, and is sometimes seen in the Pamir during 



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