74 Mr. H. Seebohm on ^Ae Phylloscopi 



Phyllopneuste viridanus, G. R. Gray, App. Cat. B. Nep. p. 

 152 (1846). 



Regulus viridanus, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 175 (1848). 



Abrornis viridana, Bonap. Cousp. p. 290 (1850). 



Phyllopneuste affinis, Blyth, Aun. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 98 

 (1843, nee Tickell) . 



Abrornis teimiceps, Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 

 (1844). 



Phyllopneuste intermedia, Severtzoff, Faun, of Turkestan, 

 p. 125 (1873)— see Ibis, 1876, p. 81. 



Bill large, under mandible pale. 



Upper parts greyish brown, dashed all over with yellowish 

 green. Wings and tail greyish brown, with the outside 

 edges of each feather margined Avith yellowish green. 

 Superciliary streak pale greyish green, extending to the 

 nape. 



Head a shade darker colour than the back. 



Underparts, including the axillaries, wing-lining, thighs, and 

 under tail-coverts pale greyish yellow. 



Third, fourth, and fifth primaries longest. Sixth, seventh, 

 and eighth each considerably shorter than the preceding. 

 Second primary generally equal to the seventh ; some- 

 times a shade shorter or a shade longer. 



Bastai'd primary rather small. Exposed part '5 to •6. 



First wing-bar distinct. Upper bar wanting. 



Length of wing — male 2"5 to 2'3, female 2"3 to 2*18. 



Length of tail — male 2*0 to 1*95, female 1*9 to 1-8. 



Legs and claws lead-colour (pale greenish plumbeous, Blyth ; 

 brownish grey. Sadly, in 'Stray Feathers'). 



This species has a somewhat restricted range, probably 

 breeding at a considerable elevation in the alpine districts of 

 the Himalayas from Cashmere to Darjeeling, and migrating 

 to the plains of North India and Burmah during the cold 

 season. Scully records it north of the Karakorum Pass 

 (Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 148). Brooks (Ibis, 1872, p. 31) 

 found it during the breeding-season in Cashmere ; and Jerdon 

 (Birds of I. ii. p. 194) records it from Darjeeling. In von 

 Homey er's collection is a skin obtained by Meves at Tjubuk, 

 in the Ural, 16th Aug. 1872, which, Mr. Brooks agrees with 

 mc, cannot be referred to any other species Init this. Blyth 



