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bars, and, in some specimens, white terminal sjiccks. Bill dusky, 

 the mandible paler; iris brown; Icgs and feet brownish black or 

 dark brown. 



Wing 2,25-2,40; tail 2—2,20; culmeu 0,75-0,85; tarsus 

 0,68—0,72; middle toe 0,50-58. 



Hab.: California, north to San Francisco and the Calaveras 

 River. 



399. Cettia ussurianus. 



H. Seebohm, Cat. Brit. Mus. Vol. 5. Passeriformes. 1881. 

 p. 14:3.^ 



This species diflfers from C. squamiceps (Swinh.) in having the 

 general colour of the upper parts olive-brown instead of chocolate- 

 brown, darkest on the head. Bill dark brown, paler at the base 

 of the under mandible. Wing with the third, fourth, and fifth 

 primaries nearly equal and longest; second primary abont equal 

 to the eighth; bastard primary 0,5 inch. Tail shorter than the 

 wing, the outside feathers 0,14 inches shorter than the longest. 

 Legs, feet, and claws pale horn-colour. 



Lg. of wing 2,04; tail 1,1; culm. 0,5; tars. 0,7 inches. 



Hab: Ussuri, Eastern 8iberia.. 



400. Cinnicerthia olivascens. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. Brit. Mus. Vol. 6. Passeriformes. p. 184. 

 Quills distinctly barred below on both webs ; head, neck and 

 underparts olive-brown. 



Tot. Igth. 6,5 ; culm. 0,75 ; wing 2,7 ; tail 2,85 ; tars. 1,00 inches. 

 Hab. : Colombia. 



401. Cisticola ladoensis. 



G. Hartlaub, Abhandl. Naturw. Ver. Bremen. 8. Bd. 1882. 

 Heft 1. p. 189. 



Pileo rufescente, distinctissime fusco-maculato, dorso cineras- 

 cente, maculis magnis fusco-nigricantibus; tergo immaculato; 

 scapularibus fuscis, pallide marginatis; subtus ex ochroleuco-albi- 

 cans; subcaudalibus albidis; subalaribus isabellinis; maxilla Cornea, 

 mandibula pallida, remigibus minus distincte rufescente-limbatis. 



L. 150; culm. 12; al. 63; caud. 54; tars. 21 mm. 



Hab.: Lado, Central-Afrika. 



402. Cisticola marginalis. 



G. Hartlaub, Ornith. Centralbl. No. 2. 1881. p. 12. 



Pileo-olivascente brunneo, vix conspicue obscurius maculato 

 nee non hinc inde subrufescente ; loris albidis ; dorso obscure cinereo, 

 maculis magnis nigricante-fuscis longitudinaliter notato; tergo et 

 uropygio immaculatis, cinereis; tectricibus alarum majoribus 

 remigibusque ultimis fuscis, pallide fulvo- marginatis, majoribus 

 margine externo dilute cinuamomeis; rectricibus pallide fascis, 

 macula anteapicali majore nigricante; ipsis apicibus albidis; suba- 

 laribus ochroleucis; subtus pallide fulvescens, gula et abdomine 

 medio albidis; cruribus laetius fulvo-rufescentibus ; subcaudalibus 

 albidis; rostro fusco, mandibula basi pallida; pedibus pallidis. 



