52 PASSERES. 



Sylvia, phragmitis, Bechst. (et auctt. pi.) Strickl. P. Z. S. 1836, 

 p. 98. 



a $ Oxfordshire (N. C. Strickland) 10 May 1834. 6 Wor- 

 cestershire (Robinson) 1840. c France (Kinberg). 



Seen at Smyrna by Strickland in December. 



250. Acrocephalus nsevius. 



Fauvette tachetee, D'Aubent. PI. Enl. 581, f. 3, unde 



Motacilla ncevia, Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 35. 



Sylvia locustella, Lath, et auctt. plurr. 



Acrocephalus ncevius, Newton, ed. Yarr. Brit. B. i. p. 384. 



Locustella rayi, Gould, B. Eur. 



a $ Worcestershire (H. E. Strickland) 5 May, 1837. 



In his commentary on Gray's Genera of Birds (Ann. & Mag. N. 

 H. vi. p. 421, and viii. p. 371), Strickland advocated the use of 

 Gould's name Locustella rayi for this bird as being the oldest known 

 to him. Gray's proposal to adopt L. avicula from Ray he shews to 

 be inadmissible. 



251. Acrocephalus certhiola. 



Motacilla certhiola, Pall. Zoogr. Rosso- As. i. p. 509. 



Locustella rubescens, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 582 : Jerd. B. 

 Ind. ii. p. 160. 



a India (E. Blyth) 1851. b Bengal (" Locustella rubescens" 

 E. Blyth) 1851. 



SUB-FAMILY. DRYMCECINvE. 



ORTHOTOMUS. 

 Orthotomus, Horsfield, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 165 (1820). 



252. Orthotomus longicauda. 



Motacilla longicauda, Gm. Sys. Nat i. p. 954. 

 Orthotomus longicauda, Strickl. Ann. & Mag. N. H. xiii. p. 

 35 : Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. IG5. 



a India? (Arthur Strickland) 1840. b, c India (" 0. Ion- 



