PHTLLOSCOPIN^. 197 



This bird inhabits the Himalayas, migrating to the plains in the 

 cold weather. It does not appear to extend to the south of India, 

 at least I never procured it myself, but it is said to be very 

 common about Calcutta. 



565. Reguloides proregulus, Pallas. 



Motacilla, apud Pallas — Horsf., Cat. 538 — Rcgulas modestus, 

 Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 149 — R. inornatus, Blyth — Phyl- 

 lopneuste reguloides, and P. nitidus, Hodgson. 



The Crowned Tree- Warbler. 



Descr. — Above olive-green, brightest on the rump, wings, and 

 tail ; crown dusky, with a pale mesial line, not always very dis- 

 tinct ; two conspicuous yellowish- white bars on the wings, the hind 

 one the broader of the two ; and behind this is a dark patch ; ter- 

 tiaries conspicuously margined with whitish ; secondaries and some 

 of the primaries slightly tipped with the same ; axillaries, with 

 the fore-part of the wing underneath, pale yellow ; supercilia and 

 plumage beneath greenish albescent. 



Bill dusky above, yellow beneath ; legs pale brown ; irides dark. 

 Length 4^ inches ; extent 6^ ; wing 2|- to 2^ ; tail 1^ to If ; bill 

 at front 8 mill. ; tarsus |-^. 



This little Warl)ler, so rare in Europe, is tolerably common in 

 most parts of India during the cold weather, and at all times on 

 the Himalayas. I have got it at Nellore, on the Malabar Coast, in 

 Central India, and at Darjeeling, and it also appears to be common 

 about Calcutta. Mr. Blyth observes : — "This bird is solitary, and 

 its song note is nearly similar to that of Phylloscopus sihilatrix of 

 Europe, but considerably weaker." He also describes a nest which 

 was broudit to him as that of this bird, but I cannot help thinking 

 that the person who brought the nest was mistaken, or wished to 

 deceive. It is very like the nest of a Nectarinia, and it is certainly 

 unusual for this bird, or any of the tribe, to remain in the plains 

 to breed. 



566. Reguloides chloronotus, Hodgson, 



Abrornis, apud Hodgson, Cat. Birds Nepal, Appendix 152*- 

 Bltyh, Cat. 1098— Horsf., Cat. 540. 



