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twelve feathers, the outermost pair about 10 mm. shorter 

 than the penultimate pair, the middle pair being slightly the 

 longest. Under tail-coverts long, extending to between the 

 outer and penultimate pairs of tail-feathers, and sometimes 

 to the tips of the penultimate pair. 



J. Bill (from nostril) 6J mm.; wing 59, 57, and 56; 

 tail 62 and 61 (worn), 46 (much worn). 



$ . Bill (from nostril) 6^ mm.; wing 54, 53, and 51; 

 tail 54, 54 (worn), 47 (much worn). 



u Iris dark umber; legs and feet pallid flesh -colour." 

 (H. Lynes.) 



Type in Coll. H. F. Witherby: <J, No. 1863. Hankow, 

 20.iii. 12. H. Lynes coll. 



Obs. Six specimens were collected by Captain H. Lynes, 

 R.N., at Hankow, China, between the 11th and 29th of 

 March, 1912. I am much indebted to Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 

 for pointing out to me the close relationship between this 

 bird and L pryeri. 



All six specimens of this new Warbler are undergoing a 

 complete moult, but in most the new body-feathers are fully 

 grown. The wings are in various stages of moult, but in 

 the type specimen the wing-feathers are almost fully grown. 

 None of the specimens have new tail-feathers showing, but 

 in some the outer feathers have dropped. The graduated 

 tail and the long under tail-coverts are characteristic of 

 Locustella, but in Lusciniola major the tail is almost as 

 much graduated, though the under tail-coverts are not 

 quite so long. 



Captain Lynes then made some remarks on the nature of 

 the country where he had met with this small Warbler and 

 on its habits. He believed that it was a winter-visitor 

 to the Hankow district, which was probably near the eastern 

 limit of its winter-range, and that it left its winter-quarters 

 at the end of March or early in April, and was almost 

 certainly a Palsearctic breeding-species. In winter it in- 

 habited the swamps near Hankow, which were thickly over- 

 grown with reeds, and was very retiring in its habits and 



