139 



Cettia pallidipes. 



Phylloscopus pallidipes, Blanf. J. A. S. Benq. xli. pt. ii. p. 102, pi vii 

 (1872). f '1 



Iloreites sericea, WaUen, Bhjth 8f Wald. B. Btirm. n. 119 (1875 

 7iec Temm.). ' 



Cettia pallidipes {Blanf.), Seehohm, Ibis, 1879, p. 30. 



General colour of the upper parts olive-browu; lores and the 

 feathers behind the eye dark olive-brown ; eye-stripe grejdsh white, 

 very distinct and reaching to the nape ; wings and tail brown, with 

 a slight shade of olive, most conspicuous on the outside webs of the 

 feathers. Underparts nearly white, slightly siiffused with brown on 

 the breast, and shading into pale olive-brown on the flanks and 

 thighs; axillaries and under wing-coverts nearly white; inner 

 margin of quills pale brown. Eill Phylloscopine, upper mandible dark 

 brown, under mandible pale horn-colour; rictal bristles obsolete. 

 Wing somewhat concaved ; fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries nearly- 

 equal and longest ; second primary shorter than the secondaries, 

 first primary more than half the length of the second. Tail shorter 

 than the wing, the outside feathers 0-1:3 inch shorter than the longest. 

 Legs, feet, and claws very pale flesh-colour. Length of wing 2-05 

 inches, tail 1-7, culmen 0-.51, tarsus 0-81. 



Blanford's Bush- Warbler has only been recorded from Sikkim and 

 Assam, where it is doubtless a partial migrant, ascending to a con- 

 siderable elevation to breed. 



a. Ad. ,sk. Sikkim. L. Mandelli, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of Iloreites liulUdipes, 131anf.) 



Cettia cantans and Cettia minuta. 



These forms apparently interbreed, and produce intermediate forms, 

 in spite of their insular distribution. The long-tailed olive form is 

 the only one found in Jai)an. I possess, however, an exam]ile from 

 Formosa. Birds from the latter island are generallj- slightl3- smaller, 

 decidedly browner, and shorter in the tail. I 'have, however, a 

 typical oxamiile of this intermediate form from Chefoo, opposite 

 Japan, on the mainland, whilst I have other examples from Formosa 

 approaching still nearer to typical minuta. The latter form is found 

 at Amoy, on the maiidand, down to Hainan, and is the smallest, 

 agreeing with the typical Formosan form in the length of the tail', 

 but being still browner in colour, shading into rich russet-brown on 

 the forehead. No better examples of incipient species could perhaps 

 bo found. 



The synonymy of tlic Japanese form is as follows : — 



5. Cettia cantans. 



Salicaria cantans, Tciiiw. ef Sc/il. Fauna Japon. p. 51, pi. xix. C1847) • 



Srcinhoe, Ihis, 18(30, p. .■!r)7. ^ ' 



Salicariji cantillans, Temm. et Schl. Fauna Japon. p. •'52, pi. xx. 



