Severtzoff’s ‘Fauna of Turkestan.’ 
81 
Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1 and 3, and is found on 
passage in district 2. 
142. Phylloscopus superciliosus (Gm.). 
Ficedula superciliosa (Cab.); Severtzoff, p. 65. 
Horizontal range . Breeds and is found on passage in dis¬ 
tricts I., II., III., and IY. 
Vertical range. Is found on passage in district 2, and breeds 
in districts 3 and 4. 
143. Phylloscopus yiridanus (Blytb). 
Ficeclula middendorffi, Meves; Severtzoff, pp. 65, 125. 
Horizontal range. Breeds and is found on passage in dis¬ 
tricts I., II., and III. 
Vertical range. Occurs on passage in district 2, and breeds 
in district 3. 
At page 125 Dr. Severtzoff writes as follows :—“ Turkestan 
specimens of this bird differ so much in the form of the bill, 
that I deem it best to refer those with the broad bill to Hy¬ 
polais, under the name of H. graminis, and those with the 
narrow bill I call Phyllopneuste intermedia, as being an inter¬ 
mediate form between the former species and P. superciliosa 
(Cab.), as my Ficedula middendorffi is intermediate between 
Hypolais and Phyllopneuste. The descriptions of these two 
forms are as follows :— 
“ a. var. intermedia. Bill narrow at the base, and at the nos¬ 
tril its breadth is equal to its height; one third of the bill is 
broader than it is high, and two thirds narrower; thus it is 
awl-shaped; quills 3 = I>5>6>2>7; first primary short, 
being twice as long as the coverts ; tail even. Length 4/' 8 W - 
4" 9 f ", extent 7 n 2"’, wing 2" 4/ ", tail 1" 94'", tarsus 7\ U} , mid¬ 
dle toe 4culmen 3-J /,; , breadth of bill at the nostril V". 
<( b. var. hypolania (.Hypolais graminis , nob.). The bill nar¬ 
rows gradually from the base to the point, as in Hypolais, 
being narrower than in that group, but broader than in true 
Phyllopneuste; the wing is blunt, first primary short, nearly 
twice as long as the coverts, 3 = 4>5>6>7>2>8, or 3 = 4, 
2 = 7, or the 4th the longest, 3 = 5 >7 >2>8, or 4=5, 3=6, 
2 = 9; the latter form, with a very blunt wing, was a spring- 
Y 
■V 
SER. III.-VOL. VI. 
