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Cisticola cisticola neurotica^ snbsp. nov. 



A slightly paler bird than Cisticola c. cisticola, greyer on 

 the upper parts and especially on the wing and upper wino-- 

 coverts. Underparts as in C. c. cisticola. This race is not 

 so pale as C. c aridula or arahica, or as a specimen from 

 Mesopotamia which I have seen in the Tring Collection. 



Wing 49-51 mm. 



Type in the Tring Museum^ c^ , Sidon on the Syrian coast, 

 shot by myself on 30. x. 19. 



I name this race after its very nervous disposition, which 

 is even more marked than in other Cisticolce I have seen in 

 Egypt and Italy. 



Mr. M. J. NicoLL exhibited a new subspecies of Antlius 

 caw.'pestris. 



On comparing a series of 22 examples of Tawny Pipits 

 from Egypt, Turkestan, and Persia, with a large series from 

 Europe and Algeria, I find that the eastern birds differ in 

 being greyer above, and in entirely lacking the ochreous- 

 buff wash, in having decidedly shorter bills, and, on the 

 whole, shorter wings. 



In A. campestris campestris the wing varies from 89-95 mm. 

 and the bill (from the base of the skull) 20-21, while in the 

 eastern race the wing-measurements range from 80-94 and 

 the bill 17-19. 



Moreover, in the eastern race, the underparts are whiter 

 and more streaked with brown on the upper breast. 



1 propose the following name for this eastern race : — 



Anthus campestris grisens, subsp. nov. 



Type, (J, Tischan, Turkestan, 11-22. v. 1900. Zarudny 

 Collection in Tring Museum. 



It is possible that A. campestris minor of Blasius, 1900, 

 is referable to this form, but is in any case a synonym, the 

 name being preoccupied by Anthus pratensis minor Brehm, 

 ' Naumannia,' 1856, p. 346. 



N.B. — In breeding-plumage the upper parts are more 



