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VISCOUNT WALDEN ON THE BIRDS OP CELEBES. 



SYLVIIDtE. 



Acrocephalus, Naumann. 



73. Acrocephalus orientalis (Bp.), Consp. i. p. 285 (1850), ex Schlegel. 



Salicaria turdina orientalis, Schlegel, Faun. Jap. Aves, p. 50, pi. 21, " Japan/' 

 Acrocephalus magnirostris, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 51, " Amoy, Shanghai." 



Hab. Celebes (Schlegel) ; Menado (mus. nostr.) ; Japan (Schlegel) ; China (Swinhoe). 



Two examples of a large Eeed- Warbler from Menado agree best with Amoy indi- 

 viduals. I therefore provisionally refer them to the Chinese species. They, however, 

 differ from my examples of A. orientalis (Amoy), A. brunnescens (Coorg), and A. arun- 

 dinaceus (Linn.) (Holland), in having the rectrices conspicuously tipped with dirty 

 white. The proportion of the quills in these examples does not exactly coincide with 

 the proportions existing in the other species alluded to; nor do the dimensions com- 

 pletely agree. 



A. arundinaceus (Linn.). First long primary nearly as long as second, which is 

 longest ; third shorter than first. 



A. brunnescens (Jerd.). First much shorter than third and fourth, which are longest. 

 In one example the third is longest ; in another the fourth is longest. 



A. orientalis (Bp.). Second longest, third nearly equal to second, first equal to fourth. 



Ex Menado. Second longest, first nearly equal to third, first longer than fourth. 



Ex Cashmere. Second equal to fourth, third longest; first somewhat shorter than 

 second and fourth, which are nearly equal to third. 



The Cashmere example seems to belong to a distinct species, and differs from 

 A. brunnescens of Southern India in its longer and stouter bill, longer tail, and in the 

 upper plumage being darker brown. 



Cisticola, Kaup. 



74. Cisticola cursitans (Franklin), P. Z. S. 1831, p. 118. 



Sylvia cisticola, Temra. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 228 (1820). 

 Cisticola schcenicola, Bp. Birds of Europe, p. 12 (1838). 



Hab. Macassar (Wallace). For complete range cf. Von Heuglin, Orn. N.-O. Afr. 

 pp. 269, 270. 



