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2. Phylloscopus magnirostris, nobis, J. A. S. xii. 966. 



Phyllopneuste indica, nobis, J. A. S. xiv. 593. 



Ph. trochilus? apud Hodgson, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82. 



Length 5 to 5| in., by 8| in. across : wing 2| to 2f in., its 

 first primary measuring f in., and the second being /^ in. shorter 

 than the third, which does not quite equal the 4th and 5th : tail 

 2 to 2 j- in., its two outer feathers on each side very slightly gra- 

 duating : bill to gape ^ in. : tarse | in. Irides dusky. Bill dusky 

 plumbeous above, fleshy horn-colour at base of lower mandible. 

 Legs albescent plumbeous. Plumage, duskyish or infuscated 

 olive-green above, having a faint tinge of tawny, especially on 

 the wings and tail ; the medial larger coverts of the wmgs being 

 tipped with albescent-greenish : a narrow but conspicuous pale 

 yellowish supercilium, and the lower ear-coverts are partly of the 

 same hue : under parts pale ; the breast tinged with ashy, mingled 

 with faint yellowish ; and the rest of the lower parts are more or 

 less of a purer yellowish-white. The tawnyish hue of the wings 

 and tail resembles that of the upper parts of the European 

 Ph. ru/us, whence the name of the latter species. 



The species appears to be generally diffused over the country, 

 and we have seen specimens from the eastern coast of the Bay of 

 Bengal, and also one from Chusan. We have been informed 

 that it has a pleasing song. 



3. Phylloscopus lugubris, nobis, J. A. S. xii. 968. 



Length 4f to 4 J in., by 7^ in. across : wing 2~ in.; first pri- 

 mary f to -i-f in., and the second y^^ in. shorter than the third, 

 which does not quite equal the 4th and 5th : tail 1^ in., subeven : 

 bill to gape nearly f iii- • ^^^^^ f in. Irides dusky. Bill dusky 

 above, and also on the medial part of the lower mandible ; the 

 rest amber-coloured. Legs pale greenish-dusky. Plumage, 

 above dusky olive-green, nearly as in the last species, but with- 

 out the tawny shade ; also a similar pale yellowish supercilium, 

 and tips to the medial wing-coverts : below albescent, faintly 

 tinged with yellow medially, and laterally with the hue of the 

 flanks. 



Common in Lower Bengal during the cold season, and more 

 or less so over the country generally. 



4. Phylloscopus affinis. 



Motadlla affinis, Tickell, J. A. S. ii. 576. 



Ph. jlaveolus, nobis, passim. 



Abrornis xanthogaster, Hodgson, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82. 



Length 4| to 4| in., by 6|^ to 7 in. in expanse : wing 2^ to 

 2| in. ; having the first primary f in., and the second y^^ in. 



