Synonymy in the Family Sylviide. 277 
L. gracilirostris (Calamodyta gracilirostris, Hartl.); L. mela- 
nopogon (Sylvia melanopogon, Temm.); L. major (Dumeticola 
major, Brooks); L. luteiventris (Tribura luteoventris, Hodgs.) ; 
L.thoracica (Dumeticola thoracica, Blyth); L. flaviventris (Ho- 
rornis flaviventer, Hodgs.); L. fuscata (Phyllopneuste fuscata, 
Blyth) ; L. schwarzi (Sylvia (Phyllopneuste) schwarzi, Radde) ; 
L. armandi (Abrornis armandi, Milne-Edwards) ; L. indica 
(Sylvia indica, Jerdon) ; L. fuliginiventris (Horornis fuligini- 
venter, Hodgs.); and L. neglecta (Phylloscopus neglectus, 
Hume). 
Arundinax flemingi, Swinhoe, P. Z. 8. 1870, p. 440. 
Herbivocula incerta, David et Oustal. Ois. de la Chine, 
p- 246 (1877). 
Oreopneuste affinis, David et Oustal. Ois. de la Chine, p. 267 
(1877). 
A careful examination of the type of the first-mentioned 
bird in the Swinhoe collection, of the description of the second 
(the type having been lost), and of the type of the third in 
the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, leads me to 
the conclusion that these three supposed new species may be 
all referred to Phylloscopus schwarzi (Radde). They vary 
slightly in size, but not more so than individuals of allied 
species usually do, and the slight variations of colour are 
apparently only seasonal. In relative length of wing and 
tail, in wing-formula, and in shape of bill they do not differ. 
Tribura luteiventris, Hodgs., apud David et Oustal. Ois. 
Chine, p. 239. Abbé David’s skins im the Museum of the 
Jardin de Plantes in Paris are incorrectly identified. The 
upper parts are olive-brown instead of russet-brown, and the 
wings are longer instead of shorter than the tail. They are 
the supposed young in first winter plumage of Dumeticola 
thoracica of Blyth, the Dumeticola affinis of 'Taczanowski, 
from Lake Baical, of Prjevalski from Kansu, and of Abbé 
David from Moupin. 
Lusciniopsis brevipennis, Verr. N. Arci. Mus. Bull. vi. p. 65 
(1871). 
Dumeticola mandelli, Brooks, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 284. 
These two supposed new species agree precisely in dimen- 
