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margined with the same ; tail do., and tipped with yellowish 

 grey, eye-streak and throat yellowisli-white. Under parts 

 sienna-yellow with more or less white, and occasionally with a 

 few palé brown streaks on the throat. 



Mr. Blyth says, of our Acroceplialus, it may be remarked — " that 

 (like the two figured in Gould's Birds of Australia) it helps 

 to fill up the gap between the large and small species of 

 Europe and India respectively ; and that it is remarkable 

 for the great disproportionate size of the bilí, which equals 

 that of the European A. arundinaceus, (L.), or of the Indian 

 A. hrunnescens, (Jerdon,) both of which are much larger birds." 



Its song is hurried, though sweet and sometimes powerful. 



31. Acrocephalus (?) bistrigiceps, n. sp. [Ibis, Vol. II, 51.]* 



This small species is easily distinguished by a line of black over 

 a yellowish streak above each eye. Length 5f ; wing 2 t 3 q ; 

 tail 2 X \ and graduated. Bill \, to gape y 6 ^. Upper parts olive- 

 brown, tinged with sienna, and redder on the rump and edgings 

 of the tail. Wings hair-brown margined with the prevailing 

 colonr. Throat, belly, and nnder wing-coverts whitish, the 

 rest of the lower parts deeply washed with sienna-buíf. 



32. Arundmax (?) canturicms, n. sp. \_lhis, Vol. II, 52.] 



A winter visitant at Amoy, but fonnd in summer at Shanghai, 

 uttering its notes from its concealment, which are so rich and 

 full that when first heard you expect them to be the com- 

 mencement of a fine song ; but alas ! these 3 or 4 notes are 

 all that the bird possesses, and. though you strain your ear, 

 listening, from the same bush you hear at intervals only the 

 same few rich notes. 



Length 6f ; wing 2~, tail 2 T 9 5 . Bill |, to gape t 8 q. Forehead 

 and crown rufous-brown ; upper-parts and tail olive-brown. 

 Wings hair-brown with yellowish-brown margins. Throat, 

 under wing-coverts, and belly white ; eye-streak and under- 

 parts ochreous and yellowish grey. Bill and feet brownish. 



Mr. Blyth observes : " This seems very like a second species of 



* This cloes not range well in Acrocephalus, ñor is it a Calamodyta, but in 

 forra of tail approximates Locustella. It is, however, a distinct form, and wili 

 ka^e to be so recoguiz-ecl.™ Cur. As. Soc. 



