Dr. O. Finsch on a neiv Reed-JVarbhr. 143 



Calamoherpe rehsei^ sp. nov. 



Calamoherpe syrinx, Finsch^ Ibis, 1881, p. 246. 



Upper parts rufesceut brown, more vivid on the rump and 

 upper tail-coverts ; a well-defined longitudinal stripe from the 

 nostrils above the lores to behind the eyes light rufescent, the 

 same as the sides of head and neck and all the lower parts, 

 which are brightest on the flanks, lower tail-, and under wing- 

 coverts J chin and throat lighter, passing into yellowish white ; 

 wings and tail umber-brown, faintly margined externally with 

 rufescent ; tail-feathers tipped faintly with the same colour ; 

 bill horn-brown, basal half of the lower mandible yellowish 

 horn-colour ; legs and feet dark brown. In life — bill dark 

 horn-brown, basal half of lower mandible flesh-coloured ; 

 legs and feet lead-coloured ; iris brown ; inside of mouth 

 orange. 



Total 1. Wing. Tail, Culm. Targ. 



In coloration this species corresponds almost completely 

 with C. syrinx and the well-known C. orientalis, of which I 

 have before me one specimen shot near Batavia; but it may 

 be easily distinguished from C. orientalis by the short rounded 

 wings, and from C. syrinx by the short bill. C. orientalis 

 has the upper parts of a more dull rufescent, the eye-stripe 

 and lower parts lighter, more whitish ; but this may be pecu- 

 liar to the season, as my birds were all shot in the breeding- 

 season, and are assuming a new and brighter plumage. C. 

 rehsei has distinctly rounded wings, the first primary being very 

 short (as in all Reed- Warblers) , the third, fourth, and fifth the 

 longest and equal, and the sixth only very little shorter ; the 

 second is considerably shorter, about three lines ; the primaries 

 reach only 5'" beyond the secondaries. C. orientalis has a more 

 pointed wing, the third primary being the longest, the second 

 and fourth only very little shorter ; the primaries reach beyond 

 the secondaries 10'". The formula of the wing in C. syrinx, 



