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Blyth's Willow-Warbler probably breeds in the Eastern Himalayas, 

 not having been found further west than Nepal. It winters in 

 Lower liengal, Assam, Pegu, and the Tenasserim Provinces, and 

 has been found in the Philippines. 



a, b, c, d, c. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/. Ad. sk. Sikkim (MnmleUi). Henry Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



(/. Ad.sk. Bhaman, Upper Burma. Dr. J. Anderson [0.]. 



h. Ad. sk. Calcutta. E. Blyth, Esq. [P.]. 



9. Phylloscopus coronatus. 



Phylloseopus coronatus (Temm.). 



Ficedida coronata, Temm. et Schl. Fauna Jap., Aves, p. 48, pi. xviii. 



(1847). 

 Sylvia coronata {T. 4" S.), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 174 (1848); Graij, 



Haml-l. B. i. p. 21(5. no. -iOob (1869). 

 Phvllopneuste coronata (Tcnim.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 290 (1850) ; Suinh. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 3o(j ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 141 ; 



Dai: et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 269 (1877). 

 Phylloscopus coronatus (Temm.), Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 93 ; Seebohm, 



ibis, 1877, p. 79. 

 Phyllopseuste coronata ( 7>?«»?.), Giebel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 118 (1877). 

 Reguloides coronata (Temm.), Hume 8f Damson, Str. F. vi. p. 356 



(1878). 



Spring plumarje. General colour of the upper parts olive-green, 

 slightly yellower on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; a well-de- 

 fined, narrow, greyish-white eye-stripe extends from the base of the 

 bill to the nape ; an irregular greyish-white mesial line extends from 

 tlie forehead to the nape : the forehead, the feathers before the eye 

 and behind the eye to the nape, and the crown and nape between 

 the mesial line and each eye-stripe dark olive-green ; wing-coverts 

 olive-green, the median wing-coverts with narrow and the greater 

 wing-coverts with broad, well-detined greyish-white tij)s, forming two 

 palo bars across each wing ; quills brown, narrowly tipped with 

 greyish white, the outside webs edged with yellowisli green and 

 emarginated as far as the fifth ; tail-fcatlicrs brown, the outside 

 webs edged with yellowish green, and the inside webs, except 

 those of the two centre feathers, with a narrow weU defined greyish- 

 white margin. General colour of the underparts white, suffused 

 with yellow and grey on the breast and flanks ; axillaries, under 

 witig-coverts, thighs, and under tail-coverts pale yellow, contrasting 

 with tlie pure white of tlie belly ; inner margin of quills buffl.sh white. 

 Pill Acroccphaline ; upper mandible dark brown, under mandible pale, 

 slightly darker towards the tip. Legs, feet, and claws light brown. 

 Third and fourth primaries longest ; second primary slightly shorter 

 than the sixth, but considerably longer than the seventh ; the ex- 

 posed part of the bastard primary measures O'o to O-oo inch. 

 Length of wing, male 2-.55 to 2-4 inches, female 2-4 to 2'25 ; length of 

 tail, male 2-0 to 1-9, female 1-9 lo 1-S ; length of culmen 0-48 to 0-55. 



Summer phtmaf/c. I'pper parts greyer ; most of the yellow on the 

 breast and flanks abraded ; upper wing-bar often nearly lost ; lower 



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