76 Mr, H. Seebohm on the Phylloscopi 



6. Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus_, Swiuhoe. 



Sylvia [Phyllopneiiste) coronata, Middendorff, Sib. Reise, 

 p. 182 (1851, nee Temm.) ; Radde, Reisen im Siid. v. Ost- 

 Siber. ii. p. 263 (1863, nee Temm.). 



Phyllopneuste [PhyllobasUeus) coronatus, Homeyer, Cab. 

 Jourii. f. Orn. 1872, p. 207 (nee Temm.). 



Phylloscopus plumbeliarsus, Swinlioe, Ibis, 1861, p. 330. 



Phyllopneuste plumbeitarsus , Homeyer, Cab. Journ, f. Orn. 

 1872, p. 206. 



Phylloscopus excoronatus, Homeyer, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 

 1872, p. 207. 



Phyllopseustes middendot'fii, Meves, Of v. k. Vet. Ak. Forh. 

 1871, p. 758. 



Hypolais graminis, Severtzoff, Faun, of Turkestan, p. 125 

 (1873) ; see Ibis, 1876, p. 81. 



Phylloscopus viridcmus, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 82 (nee 

 Blyth). 



Bill large, under mandible pale. 



Upper parts greyisb brown, dashed all over, espeeially on the 

 rump, with yellowish green. Wings and tail greyish 

 brown, with the outside edge of each feather broadly 

 margined with yellowish green. Pale greenish white 

 superciliary streak very sharply defined, and extending 

 to the nape. 



Head same colour as the back. 



Uuderparts nearly white, slightly dashed with yellow and 

 grey on the breast and flanks. Axillaries, wing-lining, 

 and thighs pale yellow. 



Third and fourth primaries longest. Fifth a shade shorter. 

 Sixth, seventh, and eighth each considerably shorter than 

 the preceding. Second primary intermediate in length 

 between the seventh and eighth. 



Bastard primary rather large, the exposed part measuring "5 

 in small females to "58 to "65 in males. 



First Aving-bar distinct. Uppjer bar generally equally so. 



Length of wing — male 2*50 to 2"35, female 2*35 to 2'2. 



Length of tail — male 2*05 to 1'8, female 1'8. 



Legs and claws lead-colour. 



This species appears to have a similar range to that of P. 

 borealis, but more restricted. In the breeding-season it is 

 found in the snbalpinc districts of the North-eastern Palae- 



