AVES. 379 



i6o. Sylvia melanocephala, Gm. 



Syst. Nat. L pt. iL p. 970.— HeugL Om. N. O. Afr. p. 303. 

 Curruca riulaaocejyluda, Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 131. 



I shot a single specimen at Eairo in Habab. 



i6i. S. cinerea, Briss. 



Eiipp. Syst. Uebers. No. 133.— Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. p. 307. 



Not rare ia Samhar near Massowa in tbe middle of 

 August. 



162. Hypolais languida, Hempr. and Ehr. 



Curruca languida, Hempr. and Ehr., Symb. Phys. — HeugL Orn. 

 N. 0. Afr. p. 296. 



From comparison with the type specimen in the 

 Berlia Museum I have ascertained that this is identical 

 with Hemprich and Ehrenberg's bird. I shot specimens 

 in the Lebka valley and Samhar. It has precisely the 

 habits of the Indian Aerocephalus dumetotmm of Blyth, 

 living amongst thick bushes and hunting about the 

 branches for insects, uttering every now and then a sharp 

 cry like "tchick-tchick." It is a restless active httle 

 bird. The dimensions of a pair are : — 



Wing. 

 in. 



Male 3-0 



Female 3-05 



The colour scarcely differs perceptibly from that of the 

 next species. The first primary extends about ^ in. in 

 one specimen, \ in. in the other, beyond the under wing- 

 coverts, and is very pointed ; the second is |^ in. shorter 

 than the third, which is the longest. 



