42 TEMMINCK'S LOCUSTELLE. 



from the bird in the flesh. It is quite possible that they were both 

 taken from the same specimen ! 



Mr. Canon Tristram tells ns it is a typical Locustelle, and we will 

 therefore assume that its habits are very similar to our own Grasshopper 

 Warbler. 



A beautiful specimen sent to me by Mr. Tristram has the upper 

 parts of an olive green, covered with vertical elongated patches of 

 dark brown, narrow on the head, but broader on the back. Primaries 

 hair brown, tinged with the general olivaceous groundwork, and the 

 secondaries broadly margined by light brown. Upper tail feathers 

 unicolorous with the ground of the back. Below the chin and centre 

 of the abdomen are greyish white; the crop, flanks, and sides of 

 neck covered by small elongated spots on a light grey ground, darker 

 than flanks. Wings beneath bluish grey; under tail coverts light 

 rusty. Legs light brown; beak same, upper mandible darker. Claws 

 long, hind claws two-thirds size of toe and strongly curved. 



I believe this bird is now figured for the first time as a European 

 species. Through the kindness of Canon Tristram I am also able to 

 figure the egg of this bird, taken by Barren and Dubrousky near 

 Lake Baikal. It is almost exactly like that of our own Grasshopper 

 Warbler, but considerably smaller, proving Canon Tristram's opinion 

 that this bird is a typical Locustella to be correct. 



Since the above was in type, Mr. Dresser has figured but not des- 

 cribed this bird. He terms it the "Lanceolated Warbler," and the 

 figure is a very good one. 



