388 Mr. W. E. Brook's Stray Ornithological Notes. 



bird Miiller meant by P. presbytis, 1 have defined the white- 

 tailed bird smaller than P. trochiloides, but similarly coloured, 

 by that name. At all events a synonym of P. trochiloides 

 cannot be applied to it. 



Phylloscopus affinis. — Mr. Seebohm says (B. M. Cat. v. 

 p. 65) : — '' This species appears to be subject to little or no 

 seasonal change of plumage ; nor does the slight abrasion of 

 the feathers which takes place in summer make any appreci- 

 able change in the appearance of the bird." What can 

 Mr. Seebohm have seen ! Frequently the bird loses all its 

 green and all its yellow except the eye-stripe or a portion of 

 it, and it is indeed hard to tell wliat the little faded l)ird is. 



Phylloscopus tytleri. — Only one example on record from 

 " the plains of India " (p. 67) . I think it must winter in 

 the lower hills. 



Phylloscopus huraii. — Winters all over India, and not only 

 ^'in the valley of the Ganges'' (p. G7). 



Hypolais caligata (p. 86) . — " This subspecies " ! Its note 

 differs from that of H. rama, and when newly moulted this 

 bird is red-brown as contrasted with the mouse-grey of 

 H. rama. No two species could be more thoroughly distinct. 



Acrocephalus bistrigicej)s (p. 94). — It is also found in 

 Burmah. 



Lusciniola indica (p. 127). — " Jcrdon's GVa^^-Warbler " is 

 a strictly arboreal bird and winters in the plains of India 

 generally. 



Lusciniola fuscata (p. 128). — 'VBIyth's Grass-W avhler" is, 

 if anything, more truly arboreal. Neither are L. schwarzi 

 nor L. fuliginiventris " Grass -Warblers." 



Lusciniola flaviveiitris (p. 131). — This is an Horornis. 



Lusciniola neglecta (p. 131). — "Hume's Gra**- Warbler." 

 No grass where I met with it. It affects babool (acacia) and 

 tamarisk jungle. 



Lusciniola melanopogon (p. 133). — " Gra^s-Warbler " 

 again ! It is an aquatic bird, a Reed- Warbler. 



Cettia fortipes (p. 136). — The Horornis- gvonip cannot be 

 put into the same genus as Cettia. I protest also against my 

 H.paUidus being suppressed. I know both it and i/./or- 

 tipes in life, and they are distinct. 



