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VOL. XVIII. 



The four specimens here mentioned are very difficult to place, and 

 with the aid of description alone it is almost impossible to correctly 

 determine them. I have no specimens of P. sindianiis, and only three 

 examples of the present species for comj)arison with Dr. Abbott's birds. 

 The latter differ from the descriptions of P. tristis in a number of points : 

 P. tristis is said to have a tinge of green on the upper plunmge, or 

 rump, but there is no sign of it in any of these specimens (possibly on 

 account of the season in which they were collected) : in i*. tristis the 

 second primary is said to be equal to, or occasionally shorter than, the 

 seventh; in all seven of the specimens before me the second is much 

 shorter than the seventh, and equal to the eighth or ninth : in P. tristis 

 the third and fourth primaries are said to be longest; in our speci- 

 mens the third, fourth and fifth are longest. In some respects the birds 

 seem to approach P. neglect us or P. sindiamis; tlie greater size would 

 bar them from negJectus, however, and the bend of the wing, under wing- 

 coverts and axillaries are yellowish, thus ajDparently distinguishing 

 them from P. sindianus. 



Mr. Brooks corroborates my determination, and makes the following 

 observations: "In Pleske's work on the Birds of I'l jevalski's Journeys 

 in Central Asia {vide Ibis, 1895, }). 287), it is stated that P. tristis var. 

 sindiana, and Beguloides superciliosus \sbv. mandelUi are figured on Plate 

 II. Certainly P. sindiana is no variety of P. tristis, the voices are so 

 utterly different. Tristis is a 'chiffchaff ;' sindianus is not, but a true 

 willow warbler, with a call like that of P. trockilns, but much louder 

 and shriller. P. mandelUi I would rather class with P. hnniii than with 

 P. sKjjerciliosus. Both these birds were su])posed to be resident local 

 species, but apparently they are both migratory. There is very little 

 known about them." 



Measurements of rhyllopseusies tristis. 



84. PHYLLOPSEUSTES HUMII (Brooks). 



Male, adult, central Kashmir, July 23, 1891; 11,000 feet. Tail, 1.70 

 inches. "Faded summer bird." (W. E. B.) 



Female, immature, northern slope of Pir Panjal range, Vale of 

 Kashmir, August 21, 1891; 0,000 feet. Tail, 1.51 inches. "Apparently 

 a young bird of the year." ( W. E. B.) 



Male, adult, western Kashmir, April 21, 1893; 6,000 feet. "Bill 

 black, base of lower mandible pale; feet dark fleshy brown, soles yel- 

 lowishj irides dark brown; length, 4^ inches." "In good typical 



