on Dr. Jcrdoii's ' Birds of India.' 25 



Phyllupneuste schwarzi, Radde (Reisen, &c., taf. ix. figs. 1 a, b, 

 and c). 



554. Phylloscopus TRisTis, Blyth ; Gould^B.As. pt. xvii. pi. 

 In his 'Memoirs of Hugh Edwin Strickland^ (p. clxiii) Sir 



W. Jardine identified (or rather strongly opined the identity of) 

 this species with P. bretnrostris, Strickland, Mr. Gould con- 

 siders them distinct, though without mentioning wherein the 

 difi"erence consists. 



555. Phylloscopus fuscatus^ nobis (1842) ; Horornis fulvi- 

 venter, Hodgson (1845) ; Sylvia sibirica, Middeudorff" (Sib. 

 Reise, tab. xvi. figs. 4-6, 1858) . 



Common in China, Formosa, and Japan. 



Horornis fuliginiventer , Hodgson, is nearly allied to P.fusca- 

 tus, but much darker in colouring. Plain dusky brown above, 

 paler and somewhat fulvescent below, with dull yellowish-white 

 chin and superciliary streak. Outermost tail-feather y'g inch 

 shorter than the rest. Wing 2 inches, tail 1*75 inch, 



"557. Phylloscopus TROCHiLus,^' 



In his 'Appendix^ (iii. p. 876), Dr. Jerdon doubts the pro- 

 priety of retaining this European species in his list. Mr. Gould 

 remarks (in his ' Birds of Great Britain,' pt. i.) that " in several 

 works lately published, I am made to state that this bird is 

 found in India ; now I do not deny having made such an asser- 

 tion ; but if I have, I must have been deceived, for I have no 

 positive evidence of its having been found there," The asser- 

 tion occurs in the Zoological ' Proceedings ' for 1835 (p. 90), 

 " Inhabiting Europe generally, and the western portions of 

 India. '^ For the present it may, therefore, be safely erased. 



559. Phylloscopus nitidus. 



Through some misconception Mr. F. Moore (Cat. Mus. H. 

 E. I. Co. p. 343) placed this as a synonym of Reyiduides super- 

 ciliosus [Regulus niodestus, Gould), as cited [cf. Ibis, 1862, 

 pp. 55 and 386). No two species are more palpably dissimilar. 

 Mr. Layard procured it in Ceylon. 



563. Reguloides occipitalis. 



This species, which is closely alhed to Sylvia coroaata, Temm. 



