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Severtzoff’s ‘Fauna of TurkestanJ 
longest; 1st primary twice as long as the coverts, 3 = 4 = 5 > 
6 >2 >7 ; tarsus with eight scutellse; upper parts greyish 
olive-brown ; underparts much lighter, shaded with yellow ; 
breast and flanks darker; wings and tail olive-brown, with 
lighter edges. Total length in flesh 4 11 S'", wing 2 ,r 3 ,n , tail 
1 " 9 //; , culmen 3| m , tarsus 8 ,n . Thus this bird has the bill of 
a Phylloscopus, the wings and tail of S. tamariceti , and the 
colour of S. capistrata. Only one was obtained, on board 
a steamer on the Caspian, on the 3rd of May, 1859.” 
161. Locustella luscinioides (Savi). 
Cettia fusca, Severtzoff, pp. 66 , 131. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in districts III. and IV. 
Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1 and 2. 
Dr. Severtzoff describes this under the above name as a di¬ 
stinct species (p. 131) ; but he now informs me that he has, by 
comparison, found it to be nothing but Savins Warbler. 
162. Bradypterus cettii (La Marm.). 
Cettia albiventris, Severtzoff, pp. 66 , 131. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 
Vertical range. Breeds in district 3, and is found in district 
2 on passage. 
Although this was described (p. 131) by Dr. Severtzoff as 
distinct from our European Cetti's Warbler, he now informs me 
that he does not think it differs constantly, and that the name 
should sink into a synonym. He further states that it is the 
same as the somewhat larger eastern form of Cetti's Warbler, 
usually known under the name of Cettia orientalis, but which, 
he adds, cannot be specifically separated. When here. Dr. 
Severtzoff examined Mr. Hume's Cettia stoliczkce , a specimen 
of which was sent over here to be figured ; and in his notes he 
writes that it is identical with his Cettia albiventris , and is 
therefore, in his opinion, a bad species. 
A mere variety or local form of the present species is the 
following, viz.:— 
163. Cettia scalenura, pp. 66, 131. 
Horizontal range . Breeds and occurs on passage in dis¬ 
trict III. 
