Severizoff’s ‘Fauna of Turkestan,’ 85 
At page 128 Severtzoff writes as follows :—~ Resembles 
No. 150; but its note is different, and it differs in lacking the 
light eyebrow, this being replaced by a white spot over each 
eye. It resembles S. macroptera in length of wing, but differs 
from it and No. 150 in having long distinctly scutellated legs 
and long toes, and the hind claw is as long and stout as the 
toe itself. First quill shorter than the coverts, 2=5, 3=4; 
bill smaller ; tail rounded. Total length 5" 6”, wing 2" 6!", 
tail 23", culmen 43", tarsus 10", middle toe 54", hind toe 31", 
the hind claw the same length. It inhabits the reeds on the 
Syr-Darja, where it is resident.” 
152. SaLICARIA EURHYNCHA, Severtzoff, pp. 66, 128. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II., and III. 
Vertical range. Is found on passage in district 2, and breeds 
in district 3. 
At page 128 Severtzoff writes as follows :—“ I first obtained 
this bird at Mangishlack, on the eastern side of the Caspian ; 
and it was also found in Turkestan. It mhabits the steppes 
or shores of the rivers, where there is grass or bushes; and it 
differs therefore from S. macronyx in habits, which species it 
otherwise closely resembles; but the underparts are whiter, 
the hind toe is very blunt, the bill is larger, broader, and 
thicker, and the arrangement of the primaries is different, 
viz. 4>38>5>6>2>7, sometimes 8=4=5. Total length 
Bi Alt wing 2! 5", tail 2" 14", culmen 5! tarsus 9". Tur- 
kestan specimens have nearly the same arrangement of quills, — 
viz. lst shorter than the coverts, 3=4>5>6>2>7, the ex- 
terior rectrices 3! shorter than the central ones; upper parts 
greyish olive-brown, greyer than in A. palustris ; underparts 
and eye-stripe yellowish white, the latter commencing only 
from behind the eye, in which it differs at a glance from pa- 
lustris, macronyx, and macroptera, as also by its larger size ; 
bill brown, base of the lower mandible yellowish ; legs grey. 
Total length 5” 5!-5"7"" in the skin, and 6-6" 3! in the flesh, 
wing 2! 4!" tail 2" 2", tarsus 83!", middle toe 5’, culmen 5’, 
breadth of bill at nostril 12", height 14!".” 4 




