236 TURDID/E. 



margined lighter; outer feather on each side dull white over the greater portion 

 or the whole of outer web, and often a portion of the inner ; next two feathers 

 tipped with the same. Tail underneath grey ; upper tail-coverts inclining to 

 olive brown ; under tail coverts pale brownish white, with a tinge of faint rose 

 red ; legs pale rusty brown ; toes darker with more of an olive tinge ; claws 

 dusky brown. 



" Length. 5| to 6 inches; bill bluish brown, base of under mandible 

 yellowish brown, and the corners of the mouth yellowish green ; iris 

 brownish yellow. A winter visitant." Morris, Br. Bird, vol. iii. p. 227. 



Hab. Europe, extending to Persia, Siberia and Turkestan ; Sind, Punjab, 

 N. W. Provinces, Bengal, Guzerat, Western, Central and Southern Africa. 



276. Sylvia jerdoni, Biyth, J.A. S. B. xvi. p. 439; Blf. East. 



Persia, ii. p. 172 ; Hume, Str. F. i. p. 197, ii. 330; Seebohm Monog. B. Br. 

 Mus. v. p. 16 ; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 161. THE EASTERN ORPHEAN 

 WARBLER. 



Adult Male. General colour slaty grey ; head, lores, and feathers behind the 

 eye, ear coverts and nape sooty black ; primaries and secondaries brown, their 

 outer margins whitish, the secondaries edged at the tips with greyish white, as 

 also some of the tertiaries ; tail darker brown than the wings, the outermost 

 feathers white on the outer web, and nearly one-half of the inner, the next two 

 tipped white; in some specimens the centre feathers are margined very 

 narrowly and tipped with f ulvescent white ; chin and throat white ; belly, flanks, 

 vent and under tail coverts greyish white, darker on the under tail coverts ; bill 

 dark brown ; the base of the lower mandible pale yellowish ; legs and feet 

 dusky brown; irides hazel. 



Length. 675 to 7 inches; wing 3 to 3-25 ; tail 275. The Female differs 

 from the male in having the brown of the head less darker than the back. 



Hab. Northern, Southern and Western India, Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, 

 Beloochistan, S. E. Persia, Afghanistan, Turkestan, Kutch, Kattiawar ; Jodh- 

 pore, Jeypore, North Guzerat, Mount Aboo and Deccan. Breeds in Persia 

 and Turkestan ; winters in Arabia and the plains of India. 



277. Sylvia affinis, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc.p. 187; Hume, 

 Sir. F. vii. p. 60 ; i. 197 ; ii. 332 ; iii. 272; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 209, No. 582 ; 

 Murray, Hdbk., Zool., fyc. y Sind, p. 163. Sylvia curruca, apud. Jerd. B. Ind. 

 iL p. 209; apud. Blf. East. Persia, ii. p. 175 ; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Smd t 

 p. 161. THE ALLIED GREY WARBLER. 



General colour pale slaty or brownish grey ; supercilium indistinct ; wings 

 and tail brownish ; outermost tail feather on each side white on their outer 

 webs; chin, throat, belly, and under tail-coverts, also axillaries and under 

 wing coverts, white, tinged greyish brown on the breast and flanks ; bill and 

 legs brown ; irides light brown. 



