342 
Messrs. Dresser and Blanford on 
Curruca leucomelasna, Ehr. fol. cc, resembles the young 
of Sylvia rueppelli, except in the arrangement of the quills, 
and may probably be referable to that species. There is but 
one specimen, from Arabia, in the collection, in very abraded 
plumage and wanting the outer tail-feather on each side. It 
measures culmen 0*59 inch, wing 2*75, tail 2*55, tarsus 0*83; 
the first long primary measures about 0*8 inch shorter than 
the second in one, and 0*85 in the other wing, and is about 
0*6 inch longer than the wing-coverts; the third is 025 
shorter than the fourth, which is about equal with the fifth 
and sixth; the seventh, eighth, and ninth quills are wanting 
in both wings; the secondaries reach to within about 0*2 of 
the end of the wing. 
Anthus brachycentrus, Ehr. fol. dd,—Anthus campestris , 
Gray, Hand-list, no. 3635. There is but one specimen (No. 
34), from Gumfudde, in the collection, which measures culmen 
0*68 inch, wing 3*35, tail 2*78, tarsus 0*95, hind toe with 
claw 0*75. 
Sphenura squamiceps, Ehr. fol. dd,= Crater opus squami - 
ceps, Rupp., Gray, Hand-list, no. 4144. There are in the col¬ 
lection two specimens, both from Arabia, one having been 
obtained near Mecca. 
Sphenura erythroptera, Ehr. fol. dd, = Telephonies ery - 
thropterus (Shaw), Gray, Hand-list, no. 6052. In the col¬ 
lection are only two specimens, from Abyssinia, which are la¬ 
belled Lanius frenatus, Licht. 
Saxicola xanthoprymna, Ehr. fol. dd, is a young bird of 
Saxicola erythropygia, Taylor (Ibis, 1867, p. 61), which 
name will accordingly drop into a synonym. This species 
was described by Dresser (B. of Eur. part xvi.) under the 
name of Saxicola mcesta, Licht., which latter, however, 
we ascertained, on examining the type, to be the species 
usually known as S. philothamna , Tristr. There is but one 
specimen, from Nubia, in the collection. 
Sylvia txtes, /3. campylonyx, Ehr. fol. dd. There is but 
