DAULIAS HAFIZI. 



(PERSIAN NIGHTINGALE.) 



Sylvia luscinia (nee Linn.), Menetr. Cat. "Rais. p. 33 (1832). 



Lusciola luscinia (nee Linn.), De Filippi, Viagg. in Persia, p. 347 (1865). 



Luscinia major, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 18. 



Luscinia hqfizi, Severtzoff, Turk. Jevotnie, p. 120 (1873). 



Luscinia philomela (nee Bechst.), Severtzoff, Turk. Jevotnie, p. 120 (1873). 



Lusciola luscinia, (3. liajizi, Severtzoff, op. cit. p. 65 (1873). 



Lusciola luscinia, y. philomela (nee Bechst.), Severtzoff, op. cit. p. 65 (1873). 



Luscinia golzii, Cabanis, Journ. fur Orn. 1873, p. 79. 



Lusciola golzii (Cab.), Severtzoff, Journ. fur Orn. 1873, p. 346. 



Laulias liajizi (Severtz.), Blanford, E. Persia, ii. p. 169 (1876). 



Lusciola liajizi (Severtz.), Bogdanoff, Ptitsui Kavkaza, p. 99 (1879). 



Erithacus golzii (Cab.), Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 297 (1881). 



"Laulias golzi, Cab.," Badde, Orn. Cauc. p. 247 (1884). 



Soloioei, Russian ; Bulbul, Persian ; Sanduas, Tartar ; SochaJc, Armenian. 



Figuroe notabiles. 

 Blanford, E. Persia, ii. pi. x. fig. 2 ; Badde, Orn. Cauc. pi. xv. 



Ad. supra rufescenti-fuscus, uropygio magis castaneo-fusco : stria indistincte supraocular! cum loris sordide 

 albidis : corpore subtus cervino-albido, gula et abdomine griseo-albidis : cauda ferrugineo-fusca : rostro 

 saturate fusco : mandibula pallide corneo-f usca : pedibus fuscis : iride saturate f usca. 



Adult Male (Lenkoran, Marcb 26th). Upper parts russet-brown, becoming chestnut-brown on the rump ; 

 lores and an indistinct stripe over the eye dull white ; underparts white with a buff tinge, the throat 

 and abdomen greyish white ; tail brownish chestnut : bill dark brown above, the lower mandible pale 

 horn; legs brown; iris dark brown. Total length about 6"5 inches, culmen 0'7, wing 3"3, tail 31, 

 tarsus LI. Wing with the third and fourth primaries nearly equal and longest, the first very short, 

 being L7 shorter than the second, which latter is about equal to the fifth. 



Adult Female (Merv) . Does not differ from the male in plumage. Culmen 0'68 inch, wing 3*4, tail 3'05, 

 tarsus LI. 



Obs. The variation in size is not very great, four males in my collection varying as follows : — Culmen 07 

 inch, wing 3'3 to 3'7, tail 3T to 3'35, tarsus IT, and the one female measures as above. The specimens 

 from Merv are rather paler than the others, and the upper parts have a greyish tinge. The present 

 species can always be distinguished from Daulias luscinia by its longer bill and tail, and the rump, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail are not so deep red in colour, besides which the present species differs in 

 having the lores and a stripe over the eye dull white, which is not the case in D. luscinia. 



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