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Genus LUSCINIOLA. 



Sylvia apud Temminck, Man. d'Orn. iii. p. 121 (1835). 



Calamoclyta apud Bonaparte, Comp. List, p. 12 (1838). 



Salicaria apud Keyserling & Blasius, Wirbelth. Eur. p. 55 (1840). 



Lusciniola, G. R. Gray, List of Gen. of B. p. 28 (1841). 



Cettia apud Gerbe, Diet. univ. d'Hist. Nat. xi. p. 240 (1848). 



Caricicola apud C. L. Brehm, Vogelf. p. 236 (1855). 



Amnicola apud Gerbe in Degl. & Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 527 (1867). 



So far as I can ascertain, this genus contains only a single species, which differs little from 

 the Acrocephali in habits ; but it has a much more slender bill, and a tolerably long and well- 

 developed first primary. It inhabits Southern Europe and North Africa, ranging eastward 

 into the Oriental Region. In habits it closely resembles some of the Acrocephali, and doubtless 

 also in its nidification ; but I have been unable to ascertain any thing very definite on the 

 latter head, 



Lusciniola melanopogon, the type and sole representative of this genus, has the bill rather 

 slender, obscurely notched, the nostrils basal, exposed, gape furnished with one or two small 

 bristles ; wings rather short, the first primary well developed, considerably longer than the 

 coverts, second slightly shorter than the eighth, the third, fourth, and fifth nearly equal, the 

 third being the longest ; tail slightly rounded ; under tail-coverts short ; tarsi covered in front 

 with four plates and three inferior scutellse ; feet large, the claws strong and considerably 

 curved. 



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