66 TUKDID^. 



and tail-feathers 'oro-wn, the outside webs edged with olive-brown, 

 the former emarginated as far as the sixth quill. General colour of 

 the underparts deep yellow, shaded into huffish yellow on the 

 breast and tlanks ; axillaries aud under wing-coverts deep yellow ; 

 inner margin of quills huffish white. Bill Phylloscopine ; upper 

 mandible dark brown, under mandible pale brown. Legs, feet, and 

 claws brown. Third, fourtli, and fifth primaries longest : second 

 primary equal to the ninth or tenth ; bastard primary about half 

 the length of the second primary, the exposed part measuring 

 0"7 to 0"8 inch. Length of wing, male 2-4 to 2-2 inches, female 

 2-2 to 2-0 ; length of tail, male 2-15 to 2-0, female 1-95 to 1-8 ; 

 length of culmen 0-43 to 0-46. 



Tickell's AVillow-Warbler breeds in the Himalayas from Cashmere 

 to Burma, extending its range north-eastwards through Sechuen to 

 Kansu, and wintering in the plains of India. 



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



(Tvpe of Ahrornis zanthogaster, Hod^gs.) 

 b-g. Ad. sk. Nepal (Hodgson). India Museum. 



h, i, k. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/-o. Ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. Capt-StackbousePinwill [P.]. 



p. Ad. sk. Madras. Dr. Jerdou [P.]. 



q. Ad. sk. India. (T.vpe of Pliyllopneuste Jla- 



veolus, Gray.) 

 r. Ad. sk. Garo Hills. Col. Godwin-Austen [P.]. 



19. Phylloscopus tytleri. 



Phvlloscopus tytleri, Bi-ooks, Uns, 1872, p. 23; id. J. A. S. Benq. xli. 

 pt. 2, p. 79 (1872) ; Hume, Nest 8,- Eqgs Ind. B. p. 362 (1873; ; id. 

 Str. F. iii. p. 279 (1875) ; Seebohm, 'ibis, 1877, p. 101. 



Spring plumage unknown. 



Summer 2^lumage. General colour of the upper parts olive-brown, 

 shading into greenish olive on the rump ; eye-stripe greyish white, 

 narrow, not ver}' well defined, and scarcely extending to the nape ; 

 lores and the feathers behind the eye brown ; quills and tail-feathers 

 brown, edged on their outside webs with greenish olive, the former 

 emarginated as far as the sixth quill. General colour of the under- 

 parts yellowish white, greyer on the breast, flanks, and thighs ; axil- 

 laries and under wing-coverts yellow : inner margin of quills very 

 pale brown. Bill very long and slender, dark brown, a trifle paler 

 at the base of the under mandible. Legs, feet, and claws dark brown. 

 Third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest : second primary intenne- 

 diate in length between the eighth and ninth ; bastard primarj- less 

 than half the length of the second, the exposed portion measuring 

 0-5o to 0'68 inch. Length of wing, male 2-43 to 2-35 inches, 

 female 2-3 to 2-2 ; length of tail, male 1-85 to 1-7, female 1-7 to 

 I"65 ; length of culmen 0-5. 



Autumn plunvge. After the autumn moult the underparts are 

 much bufter. 



Winter plumage. Showing the usual effects of abrasion. 



