.72 TPRDID^. 



id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 357 ; Blanf. J. A. S. Bene/, xli. pt. 2, p. 53 

 ri872); Brooks, J. A. S. Bevg. xli.pt. 2, p. 81 (1872); Hume, Nests 

 JEf/r/s Inrl. B. p. 3G8 (1873) ; Hume iif Henders. Lahore to Yark. 

 p.220 (1873) ; BUjth cS'- Walden, B. Burm. p. lOB (1875) ; Tacz. Bull. 

 Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 141 ; Prjev. Boivlei/s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 172 

 (1877); David et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 274 (1877); Hume, Stray 

 Fenth. vi. p. 358 (1878). 



Sylvia (Phyllopneuste) superciliosa (Gmel.), Radde, Beis. Sibir. Vog. 

 'p. 264(1863, ;;«;•<»«). 



Sylvia pioregulus {Pall.), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 216. no. 3065 

 ■ (1869). 



Phyllopneuste (Phvllobasileus) proregailus (Pall.), Homey er, Journ. 

 dm. 1872, p. 208. 



Phylloscopus proregulus (Pall.), Seehohm, Ibis, 1877, pp. 104, 162. 



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

 darker on the head between the mesial line and the eye-stripes, and 

 slightly paler on the upper taU-covcrts ; rump bright yellow, well 

 defined from the lower back and upper tail- coverts ; forehead, a 

 well-defined mesial line extending to the nape, and an equally well- 

 defined eye-stripe on each side also extending to the nape, pale 

 yellow ; the feathers before the eye and behind the eye dark brown, 

 and several dark feathers on the edges of the mesial line and eye- 

 stripes and round the uape ; wing-coverts brown, the lesser wing- 

 coverts with broad olive-green margins ; the median and greater 

 wing-coverts with broad well-defined bright-yellow tips, forming 

 two conspicnons bars across each wing ; quills brown, with very 

 narrow white tips ; outside edge of the quills margined with yel- 

 lowish green, becoming broader and paler on the terminal half of 

 the innermost secondaries ; quills emarginated as far as the sixth ; 

 tail-feathers brown, the outside Mebs margined with yellowish 

 green, and the inside webs with a narrower greyish-white margin. 

 General coloiir of the underparts white, suffused with grey on 

 the chin, throat, and lower neck, and with yellow on the breast, 

 flanks, and under tail-covcrts ; axillaries, under wing-coverts, and 

 thighs yellow ; inner margin of quills nearly white. Bill slender, 

 Phylloscopine ; both mandibles dark brown, the under mandible 

 somewhat paler at the base. Legs, feet, and claws light brown. 

 Fourth and fifth primaries longest ; second primary shorter than 

 the eighth ; the exposed part of the bastard primary 0-55 to 0"6 

 inch. Length of wing, male 2-05 to 1*95 inch, female 1-9 to 1'8 ; 

 length of tail, male 1-65 to 1-55, female 1"5 to 1-45; length of 

 culmen 0-3(i to 0-39. 



Summer plumage. The yellow of the mesial line, eye-stripes, 

 wing-bars, and rump becomes paler by abrasion, and the pale tips 

 to the quills disappear ; the broad edges to the innermost secon- 

 daries become narrow. Otherwise the changes from spring plumage 

 are very slight, 



AidMrnn. plumage. Similar to the spring plumage, but more 

 brilliant. 



Winter p)lumage. Scarcely distinguishable from summer plumage. 



PaUas's Barred WiUow-Warbler breeds in the subalpine districts 



