234 Mr. ViGORs's a?id Dr. Horsiield's Description of the 



ciâ albâ instructa, fasciam albam elongatam, alis patentibus, 

 exhibentia : secundariarum margines et apices albo-notati. 

 Tectrices inferiores alba?, nigro variegatœ. Rcctrices diiae 

 mediœ totœ nigrœ ; quinta ad basin externe alba ; ca^terœ 

 ad basin utrinciiie alba?, ad apicem fascia pergracili albâ 

 marginatœ. Rostrum nigrum. Ptf/cs pallidè fuscae. Lon- 

 gitudo corporis, 5^ ; alee a carpo ad remigem quartam, 3^^ ; 

 caïuUc, 3-pV ; rostri ad frontem, \, ad rictum, -^ ; tarsi, 1. 



This species resembles the preceding in its general characters, 

 and in the disposition of its colours. It dithers much in size. 

 But from its accordance in more material points we do not hesi- 

 tate to refer it to the same group. 



The specimen in the collection was met with by INIr. Brown 

 near Prospect Hill. 



Genus. ZosTF.rtops*. 



Rostrum mediocre, gracile, arcuatum ; mandibulâ superiore vix 

 emarginatâ ; naribus basalibus, linearibus, longitudinalibus, 

 membranâ supra tectis, riclu inermi. 



Ala médiocres; remigibus prima et quintâ ferè œqualibus, se- 

 cundâ tertiâ et quarta paulo longioribus, ferè a'qualibus, 

 primariis secundarias paululum longitudine superantibus. 



Pedes subfortes, subelongati ; acrotarsiis scutellatis. 



Cauda œqualis. 



Caput gracile, concinnum ; plumulis periopthalmicis subsericeis 

 albis cingulum subprominentem efformantibus. 



The true Sylvia, if we select the slenderly-formed ÏVarblers of 

 Europe, such as the Motacilkc hippolais, troc/iilus, «j-c. Linn., as 

 the types of the genus, are set apart from almost all the other 

 species of the family by the formation of tlieir wing, in which 

 the first quill-feather is extremely short, in some instances, in- 



* ZuiiTTrip ci/igii/iiin, and ovj/ ociifiis. 



deed, 



