86 Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from 
SYLVIA ORPHEA JERDONI Blyth. [W. 541.] 
Sylvia jerdont Blyth; [B. 172}. 
6. April 14, Deh-i-Diz. 
“‘ A few seen in the oak-woods.”—R. B. W. 
SYLVIA HORTENSIS Bechst. 
*Sylvia salicaria (L.) ; [B. 174). 
2. May 12, Barbarud, alt. 7000 ft. 
Former records of the Garden-Warbler in Persia are 
doubtful, and, in any case, the bird has not been previously 
recorded so far to the south in Persia proper, although it 
has been obtained at Fao (Sharpe, ‘Ibis,’ 1886, p. 480). 
The specimen is rather large, the wing measuring 80 mm. 
and the bill 8 mm. from the nostril to the tip. It is also 
rather pale-coloured on the back. 
SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA (L.). [*B. 174; W. 540.] 
?. April 18, Dopulan, alt. 6000 ft. 
?. May 12, Barbarud. 
SyLv1A cINEREA Bechst. [W. 541.] 
Sylvia rufa (Bodd.) ; [B. 174]. 
3. April 21, near Ardal. 
9. May 12, Barbarud. 
Syzvra curruca (L.). [B. 175; W. 540] 
msex, April ig Ae eee 
3d. April 9, fe ; 
Syivia mystacea Ménétr. [W. 539.] 
Sylvia rubescens Blanf.; [B. 177]. 
Sylvia semenowt Sar., Orn. Jahrb. xv. p. 220. 
2. Feb. 28, Ahwaz. 
6 2. March 2, Bund-i-Kir. 
3. May 29, Takht-i-Suleiman. 
?. June 15, near Lake Urmia. 
These specimens and those which I obtained agree well 
with typical examples of S. mystacea. M.Sarudny’s S. seme- 
nowt from the same country is, I consider, a synonym, 
while he has not, I think, recognised the difference between 
