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34. Phylloscopus fuscatus, Blyth. 



Common during winter, and stays so late in spring that 

 I have a strong suspicion that it nidificates in the neighbourhood. 

 It entertains us during the' early vernal months with its pretty 

 shake song ; but its most frequent note is " chick-chick." 



35. Phylloscopus sylvicultrix, n. sp. 



]\Ir. Blyth, on a view of this bird, pronounced it " a new 

 species, differing from all but the European sibilatrix in the 

 minute size of its first primary, in which character, however, 

 sibilati'ix exceeds it." This species is very numerous here in 

 the months of April and May, but leaves us to breed. Length 

 4-5; wing 2*5, 1st quill '5, 2nd 1-75, 3rd and 4th 1-9; tail 1*7; 

 bill '5, to gape '65 ; tarsus "75. Upper mandible brown, with a 

 yellow edge ; lower yellow, with a patch of brown on the terminal 

 half. Legs pale yellowish brown, yellower on the under surface 

 of the toes, and bi'owner on the claws. Upper parts olive-green, 

 brownish in some lights, especially on the crown. Line over the 

 eye, a row of feathers on the lower half of the circle round the 

 eye, and part of the cheeks pale chrome-yellow. Space between 

 the bill and eye blackish olive. Feathers of the wings and tail 

 hair-brown, broadly margined with olive-green, and having a 

 spot of yellowish white on the tip of the outer web of the five 

 first secondary coverts. Under parts pale yellowish or primrose- 

 white, varying in depth of tint. The under shafts of all the tail- 

 feathers white, and the margin of the inner webs of the three 

 outer tail-feathers faint white. The size of the bill varies a good 

 deal in different individuals. 



36. Phylloscopus tenellipes, n. sp. 



This species has very delicate light pink-coloured legs and 

 feet. Crown of the head, and a streak between the bill and eye 

 produced over the ear-coverts, blackish olive-brown. Eye-streak 

 yellowish. Upper parts buff-olive. Under parts pure white, ex- 

 ce})t the flanks and under tail-coverts, which are buff, and the 

 under wing-coverts of a primrose-yellow. Culmen of bill dark 

 brown, the rest pale pinkish yellow. This is a straggling visitant 

 durini; th(; cool weather. 



