Severtzoff’s ‘Fauna of Turkestan, 81 
Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1 and 8, 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., IT., TII., and IV. 
Vertical range. Is found on passage in district 2, and breeds 
in districts 3 and 4. 
143. PayLuoscorus viripanus (Blyth). 
Ficedula middendorffii, Meves; Severtzoff, pp. 65, 125. 
Horizontal runge. Breeds and is found on passage in dis- 
tricts I., II., and ITI. 
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 A. 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 Micedula middendorffi 1s intermediate between 
Hypolais and Phyllopneuste. 'The descriptions of these two 
forms are as follows :— | 
“q. 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=1>5>6>2>7; first primary short, 
being twice as long as the coverts; taileven. Length 4” 8!— 
4" ol extent 7" 2", wing 2" 4!" tail 1’ 94", tarsus 7$!", mid- 
dle toe 4, culmen 34", breadth of bill at the nostril 1”. 
“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 d=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- 
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