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I may remark that Gray's descv'iption oi xanthoscJiistos does not 

 quite agree with either, as the lower part of the back is said to be 

 rich yellow. 



An allied species is A. siiperciUaris, Tlckell, from Burmah. 



574. Abrornis flaviventris, Jerdon. 



A albi^ularis, Jeiidon and Blyth, P. Z. S., 1861, p. 200. 

 The Yellow-bei>lied Warbler. 



JDescr. — Ahovc yelKnvish grccii, with a nifescent tinfje on the 

 tail leathers ; head greyi>=h, with a white superciliinn from the base 

 of the upper mandible; lores black ; ear-covens mingled whitish 

 and greenish ; throat and fore-neck white ; rest of lower j)arts 

 bright }»ellow ; no trace of a band on the win<xs. 



Bill dusky ; legs pale. Lengtii nearly 4 inches; wing 1| ; tail 

 1-^; hill at front 7 mill. ; tarsus nearly |. 



I found this species :it Darjeeling, not very rare. The name 

 given in the P. Z. S. having been forestalled, I am compelled to 

 change it. 



575. Abrornis poliogenys, Blyth. 



Culicipeta, apud Blyth, J. A. S., XVI., 441 — Blyth, Cat. 

 1094— HoRSF., Cat., 535. 



The Grry-cheeked Warbler, 



Descr. — Head, nape, base of lower mandible, and ear-coverts, 

 ash grey; the loral feathers tipped with greyish white ; round the 

 eye a clear wliite riiii: ; back, rump atid shoulders, bright olive- 

 green ; wings dusky black, margined with olive-green, the greater 

 coverts tipped with whitish yellow; throat greyish white, the rest 

 of the under parts clear yellow ; tail dusky on the six central 

 feathers, which are margined with olive-green ; the three 

 outer being greenish dusky on the terminal half of the outer 

 web, the basal half, with the Avhole of the inner web, being 

 •white. 



Bill blackish horny above, yellowish beneath ; feet yellowish 

 horny. Length 4^ inches; wing 2; tall 1|; bill at front y'^g- ; 

 tarsus \. 



