ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS. 169 



^. curruca^ but after comparison with a series of our Eu- 

 ropean bird, I have come to the conclusion that it cannot 

 be specifically distinguished, though it is somewhat ligh- 

 ter in colour. Abbé David found the Lesser Whitethroat 

 nesting in the mountains of N. E. China, and in the Ou- 

 rato mountains in Mongolia. Among the birds from Gilgit, 

 collected by Colonel Biddulph are two specimens which 

 I refer to the true S. ciirnica^ a species not yet recorded 

 within the Indian area. 



42. Phylloscopus borealis. 



Phylloscopus borealis (Bias.), David et Oustalet, Ois. 

 Chine, p. 271 (1877); Prjev. in Rowlei/s Orn. Misc., II, 

 p. 171 (1877) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus.,Y, p. 40 (1880) 



Phyllopneiiste borealis, Tacz., Mém. Acad. Imp. 

 St. Pétersb. (7),XXXLX, p. 254 (1893). 



a. (^ ad. San-Ti-Ying, May 29, 1897. 



43. Lusciniola thoracica. 



Lusciniola thoracica [^\yi\i),'èç:Qho\iV[\, Cat. B. Brit. Mus., 

 V, p. 124, pi. VI (1880). 



Diimeticola affìnis (Hodgs.), David et Oustalet, Ois. 

 Chine, p. 247 (1877); Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc., II, 

 p. 169 (1877); l^icz., Mém. Acad. Im}). St. Pétersb. (7), 

 XXXIX, p. 250 (1893). 



a. (^ ad. San-Lao-Ho-Tsu, June 16, 1897. 



44. Lusciniola fuscata. 



Lusciniola fuscata (Blyih), Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Miis., 

 V, p. 127 (1880); Tacz.,''Ww?. Acad. Imp. St. Pétersb. (7), 

 XXXIX, p. 272 (1893). 



Phyllopneuste fuscata, David et Oustalet, Ois. Chine, 



