LOCUSTELLA 135 



191. GRAY'S GRASSHOPPER- WARBLER. 

 LOCUSTELLA FASCIOLATA. 



Locustellafasciolata (Gray), P.Z.S. 1860, p. 349 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus. v. p. 109, pi. v. ; Pleske. Orn. Ross, ii. p. 564 ; A. insularis, 

 Wallace, Ibis. 1862, p. 350. 



cJ ad. (China). Upper parts wings and tail russet brown, crown and 

 nape tinged with olivaceous, rump and upper tail-coverts more rufescent ; 

 outer web of second primary pale brownish ; supercilium pale ashy and 

 rather indistinct ; under parts pale ash-grey, the centre of the abdomen 

 nearly white ; flanks washed with olive-brown, and under tail-coverts pale 

 brownish ochraceous ; bill dark brown, under mandible ochraceous at the 

 base ; legs brownish flesh-coloured ; iris nut-brown. Oulmen 078, 

 wing 3*1, tail 2*95, tarsus 1*1 inch ; first quill very small, shorter than the 

 coverts, second about equal to the fourth, third longest. The young bird 

 has the upper parts more olivaceous, and the under parts are maize yellowish 

 in tinge. 



ffab. Eastern Siberia from the Yenesei to the Ussuri ; 

 Saghalien, Northern Japan; occurs on passage in China and 

 winters in the Malay archipelago. 



Frequents places covered with high grass and bushes, and is 

 shy and most difficult to flush, as it will not rise until almost 

 trodden on and at once seeks refuge in the dense herbage, 

 creeping through it on or close to the ground. Its song is loud, 

 reminding one of a mazurka, and resembles the syllables touti- 

 routi, touti-rmiti, and is uttered when the bird is on the ground. 

 It sings chiefly at night, and but seldom during the day. It 

 breeds in eastern Siberia but its nest and eggs are as yet 

 unknown. 



192. RIVER- WARBLER. 

 LOCUSTELLA FLUVIATILIS. 



Locustella fluriatilis (Wolf.) Taschenb. Deutsch. Vogelk. i. p. 229 (1810) ; 

 (Naumann), iii. p. 694 ; Taf. 83, fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of Eur. ii. pi. 102 ; 

 Dresser, ii. p. 621, pi. 92, fig. 1 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. 

 p. 110. 



Bee-fin riverain, French ; Fluss-sanger, German ; Polussolovei, 

 Sarantscha, Russ. ; Virtakerttu, Finn. ; Strumeniovka, Polish. 



< ad. (Silesia). Upper parts wings and tail uniform dark olive-brown > 

 sides of head paler, tail tinged with rufous ; an indistinct light mark passing 

 through and behind the eye ; under parts white, the breast and lower 



