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almost that of the preceding, but the wings and tail darker 

 than the back, with lighter edged feathers ; the whitish super- 

 ciliary band reaching to the hind edge of the eye. Quills : 

 the 1st abortive, twice longer than its coverts, 3=4, 2 = 7 ; 

 sometimes 2=8, or even 2 = 9; a more variable bird than the 

 preceding, especially in the form of the wing, or rather in 

 the length of the 2nd quill, but constantly different by its 

 large beak and long abortive quill. Wing, 2*4 to 2 - 5 ; tail, 2*0 

 to 21 ; beak, 0*45 to 0*5 ; the total length of S. eurliyncha and 

 sphenura reaches to 6, S. scitopsis less than 5, the other 5^-5^ ; 

 S. scita 5-5 j. It is I find S. rama, Sykes, possibly also my 

 39-41, and 44-45. 



47. — My Sylvia magnirostris is Hypolais languida, Ehrb. ; 

 one of the greyish Hypolais for which I propose the generic 

 name Eleophonus* olive-singer, from the dwelling of some 

 species on olive-trees. These greyish Hypolais have the same 

 relation to Salicaria as the green Hypolais to Phyllopneuste. 



48. — I'hyllopneusi 'e, obscura,$ev \ (flitgubris, Blyth.) — Beak lono- 

 and slender, nails small, wings exceedingly rounded : 1st abortive 

 quill 1£ times longer than its coverts, 2 = 9, 3=6, 4=5 ; longest 

 tail-feathers equal, except the outermost, one on each side, which 

 are 0"1 shorter. Upper parts dark greyish olive in autumn, 

 not lighter, but more greyish in the spring ; wings and tail 

 still darker, with lighter feather-edges ; lower parts sulphur 

 yellow, shaded with ochre ; flanks greyish olive, lighter than 

 the back ; lower wing-coverts ashy, with greyish-yellow ends j 

 superciliary band reaching the ear, bright lemon-yeliow. Length, 

 5£ ; wing, 2£ ; tail, 21 to 25 ; beak, 0'43, male ; 0-38 

 females. 



49. — Phylloscopus Middendorffi, Meves., Ofversigt uf Kongl. 

 Vitenskaps Akademiens Forhandlingar, p. 58, tab XV., 

 fig. 1. Above olive-green, wings and tail darker, olive- 

 brown, with greyish feather edges ; across the wing a narrow 

 }-ellowish white band, made by the ends of the greater coverts ; 

 superciliary band and lower parts yellowish-white, tinged with 

 olive, shape of the beak individually varying from that of 

 Pliyllopneuste to that of Hypolais ; my 20 specimens show 

 all the intermediate, slightest gradations between these extreme 

 forms. The form of the wing also variable, 3 = 4, 2 = 7; or 

 3 = 4 75 7 6 7 7 72 78; or 4=5, longest, 3 = 6, 2 = 9; all these 

 variations in May specimens, with full-grown quills ; tail 

 short. Length, 4|-5 ; wing, 2-4 — 5; tail, 1*7 — 9; beak, 0*4 

 male ; 38 female. I first named the varieties of this species 



* Itlest. thought to propose. A name exists: Iduna, Keys, et Bias ; type Iduna 

 caligata = T. scita ; Eversm. 



