448 Ant. Reichenow und Herman Schalow: 



241. Troglodytes furvus albicans. 



H. V. Berlepsch, Proc. Z. S. London 1883 p. 540. 



T. furvo pvoximus, dift'ert gula et abdomine medio pure albis 

 (fere niveis); corpore supra pallidiore; magis griseo-brunneo et 

 lateribus rufesceutioribus. 



Ala 50—51, cauda 35—36, culm. 17-18 mm. 



Hab. : Chimbo, Western Ecuador. 



Fam. SYLVIIDAE. 



242. Äccentor fervidus. 



R. B. Sharp e, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 653. 



General colour above chestnut-brown, the feathers of the back 

 with ashy-whitish edges and broadly streaked with black down the 

 centre; rump and upper tail-coverts nearly uniform brown, with 

 faintly indicated dusky centres; the lesser and median coverts 

 like the back; greater coverts dusky, externally chestnut-brown, 

 with fulvous tips to some of them; bastard wing, primary- coverts, 

 and quills dusky externally chestnut-brown, the inner secondaries 

 edged all round with this colour; tail-featherg brown, with duU 

 reddish-brown margins, crown of the head and bind neck uniform 

 smoky-browu, as also the sides of the crown and lores; no eye- 

 brow; feathers round the eye and ear-coverts reddish brown, with 

 narrow shaftlines of reddish white; cheeks and entire under sur- 

 face of the body dull ashy brown, a little overshaded with rufes- 

 cent brown on the throat and fore neck; lower flaues reddish brown, 

 broadly streaked with chestnut in the centre of the feathers; thighs 

 reddish-brown; under tail-coverts ashy with reddish-brown centres; 

 the edges slightly fulvescent; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 ashy, very slightly tinged with reddish; quills below dusky, inner 

 edges ashy; bill brownish black; legs, toes and claws brownish 

 flesh-colour; iris yellowish hazel. 



Total length 6 inches; culmen 0,55; wing 2,65; tail 2,15; 

 tarsus 0,8. 



Hab.: Japan. 



243. Äccentor orientalis. 



R. B. Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. Vol. 7 p. 652. 



Mr. Blanford remarks on the differences exhibited by a specimen 

 from Persia, and considers it nearly allied to A. rubidus of Japan. 

 J bave not had the pleasure of exarainiiig Mr. Blanford's specimen, 

 but it is probably the same as a bird in the Museum Collection 

 from Batoum, which is remarkable for its uniform brown head. 

 Unfortunately there is no date of capture attached to the speci- 

 men, but it is in otherwise abraded plumage, and may be in worn 

 breeding garb. In this case, however , the head should be grey, 

 whereas it is brown. As this appears to indicate the existence 

 fo an eastern race ot the common Hedge-Sparrow, 1 have thought 

 it better to classify it as a distinct race, and perhaps the receipt 

 of further specimens may demonstrate its claim to füll specific rank. 



