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LOCUSTELLA LANCEOLATA. 



(LANCEOLATED WARBLER.) 



Sylvia lanceolata, Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 614 (1840). 



Cisticola lanceolata (Temm.), Durazzo, Ucc. Lig. p. 35 (1840). 



Salicaria lanceolata (Temm.), Schlegel, Rev. Crit. p. 30 (1844). 



Calamodyta lanceolata (Temm.), Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. p. 287 (1850). 



Locustella lanceolata (Temm.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 6 (1856). 



Lusciniopsis hendersonii, Cass. Proc. Phil. Ac. Sc. 1858, p. 194. 



Locustella allied to L. rail, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 412. 



Salicaria locustella, var. lanceolata, Radde, Reis. im Slid. v. Ost-Sib. ii. p. 266 (1862). 



Locustella minuta, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 93. 



Lusciniola lanceolata (Temm.), G. R. Gray, Hand-list. i. p. 210. no. 2970 (1869). 



Acridiornis lanceolata (Temm.), Severtzoff, Turk. Jevotnie, p. 66 (1873). 



Locustella subsignata, Hume, Stray Feathers, i. p. 409 (1873). 



Figura unica. 

 Meves, Ofv. Vet. Ak. Forh. 1871, pi. xiv. 



6 ad. corpore supra saturate grisescenti-olivaceo ubique nigro-fusco striato : remigibus saturate fuscis, in 

 pogonio externo grisescente fulvido marginatis, secundariis intimis, scapularibus et tectricibus alarum 

 nigro-fuscis pallide grisescente olivaceo marginatis : supracaudalibus dorso concoloribus, Cauda, saturate 

 olivascente fusco indistincte fasciata, rectricibus omnibus vix pallidiore marginatis : corpore subtus 

 albo, vix flavicante cervino lavato : gutture, pectore et hypochondriis nigro-fusco striatis : capitis 

 lateribus pallide olivascenti-griseis olivaceo notatis, stria supraoculari albida : hypochondriis brun- 

 nescente olivaceo lavatis : subcaudalibus rufescenti-cervinis, majoribus immaculatis, minoribus medi- 

 aliter vix fusco striatis : rostro nigricanti-corneo, ad basin mandibula, flavicante : pedibus flavicantibus, 

 hide fusca. 



? vix a mare distinguenda, paullo minor, gula et gutture minus striatis. 



Adult Male (Lake Baikal, Siberia, 16th June). Upper parts dark olive-grey, broadly striped with black, 

 the centres of the feathers being of that colour; on the crown the stripes are very clearly defined, 

 forming four very distinct ones from the base of the bill to the nape; quills dark brown, edged with 

 dull light fulvous greyish margins, inner secondaries, scapulars, and wing-coverts blackish brown, with 

 light olive-grey margins ; upper tail-coverts like the back ; tail dark olive-brown, with lighter margins 

 to the feathers, and very indistinctly barred ; underparts white, with a slight yellowish tinge, on the 

 throat, breast, and flanks marked with rather narrow, but very clearly defined, black lines, the chin 

 being but slightly striped ; sides of the head pale olive-grey, marked with darker olivaceous ; over the 

 eye is a whitish streak ; flanks washed with brownish olivaceous ; under tail-coverts rufous buff, the 

 larger ones unmarked, and the smaller ones with an indistinct central dark line ; bill blackish horn, at 

 the base of the lower mandible pale yellowish*; legs pale yellowish flesh ; iris rich brown. Total length 



4c2 



