142 Dr. O. Finsch on a new Reed-Warbhr. 



D. valido pileus in funcio olivascens, plumis nigro terniinatis 

 et striis ochraceis tenuioribus, in apice dilatatis prseditis), 

 corpore supra subtusque (imprimis in pectore) rufescentiore, 

 gula absque marginibus lateralibus obscuris et striis in pec- 

 tore angustioribus^ necnon alis caudaque multo brevioribus ; 

 a D. picumno differt pileo in fundo non pure nigro^ corpore 

 supra subtusque multo rufescentiore (nee olivascente), tectri- 

 cibus caudse superioribus pure castaneo-rufis, striis in pileo 

 minoribus etmagis ochrascentibus (nee albescentibus) ettergo 

 medio absque striis. 



It is not easy to explain the specific characters of this new 

 species in comparison with D. validus, Tschud., and D.pi- 

 cumnus, Licht., as it is, in fact, somewhat intermediate 

 between the two ; but I trust the above diagnosis will help 

 ornithologists to recognize it at a glance among its congeners, 



I have examined a typical specimen of D. pallescens, Pelz., 

 kindly lent me by the illustrious describer of it. It proves to 

 be another good species, allied to D. validus and D. inter- 

 medius, but easily distinguished from both by its yellowish- 

 white bill and the pale olivaceous crown, striped in the same 

 style as in D. validus. It has been well described, and its 

 distinctness from D. validus correctly pointed out, by Herr 

 von Pelzeln (Orn. Bras. p. 61). 



XIV. — On a neiv Reed-Warbler from the Island of Nawodo, 

 or Pleasant Island, in the Western Pacific. By Otto 

 Finsch, Ph.D., H.M.B.O.U., &c. 



Having unpacked part of my collections from the Pacific, 

 and taken a general look through my birds, I find that the 

 Warbler from Nawodo, or Pleasant Island, has been wrongly 

 identified by me with Calamoherpe syrinx. After a careful 

 examination I have come to the conclusion that this bird 

 belongs to a new species, which I have the pleasure of naming 

 after my indefatigable companion during all my travels in 

 the South Seas, Herr Ernst Bchse, of Berlin. 



