or Willoiv-Warblers. 75 



(J. A. S. Beug. xii. p. 967) speaks of it as the commonest 

 species of the genus in the cold season at Calcutta and in 

 Lower Bengal. I have several skins collected in winter at 

 Cawnpore (Brooks) ; and in Lord Tweeddale's collection are 

 skins from Moulmein and Kyouk-kyre in Burmah [Capt. 

 Beavan). 



The nest and eggs of this species are unknown. 



The difference in colour of both the upper and under- 

 parts seems to be the only mode of distinguishing this from 

 the preceding species. 



5. Phylloscopus tenellipes, Swinhoe. 

 Phylloscopus tenellipes, Swinhoe, Ibis, I860, p. 53. 



Bill large, under mandible pale. 



Upper parts greyish brown, dashed all over, especially on the 

 rump, with huffish brown. Wings and tail greyish brown, 

 with the outside edge of each feather broadly margined 

 with huffish brown. Superciliary streak huffish white. 



Head rather darker than the back. 



Underparts white, dashed all over with buff, especially on the 

 breast and flanks. Axillaries and wing-lining pale yellow. 



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

 and eighth each considerably shorter than the prece- 

 ding. Second primary about equal to the seventh. 



Bastard primary small, the exposed part measuring "5 to "53. 



First wing-bar distinct, the upper bar less so. 



Length of wing — male 2"38, female 2'3. 



Length of tail — male 1'86, female 1'83. 



Legs aiid claws pale flesh- colour . 



The only skins of this species which I have ever seen or 

 heard of are two in Swinhoe^s collection, obtained by him- 

 self at Amoy, one on the 12th Oct. 1855, and the other in 

 April 1861, and a female in Lord Tweeddale's collection, 

 marked "Hakodadi, Japan, 5th May, 1865." 



The nest and eggs of this bird are unknown. 



A smaller bird with pale tarsi, like this species, has been 

 described from the Eastern Himalayas by Blanford (J. A. S. 

 Beng. 1872, pt. 2, p. 162) as P. pallidipes. I have not seen 

 this bird ; but Mr. Brooks has examined the type in the Cal- 

 cutta Museum, and assures me that it is a Horornis. 



