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Head rather darker colour than the back. 



Underparts pale greyish yellow, greyest on the breast and 



flanks. Axillaries, wing-lining, and thighs greyish 



yellow. 

 Fourth and fifth primaries longest. Third and sixth a shade 



shorter. Seventh considerably shorter. Second primary 



considerably shorter than the eighth, equal to about the 



tenth. 

 Bastard primary very large, the exposed part measuring '7 



to -8. 

 First bar across the wings distinct. Sometimes rudiments of 



an upper bar. 

 Length of wing — male 2*6 to 2"4, female 2*4 to 2"25. 

 Length of tail— male 2'35 to 2-0, female 2-0 to 1-85. 

 Legs pale greenish dusky [Blyth) . 



This species is quite eastern in its range, wintering on both 

 coasts of the Bay of Bengal. It probably breeds in the East- 

 ern Himalayas. Mr. Brooks informs me that it is common 

 at Sikkim, but is not found in the north-west provinces. 

 Blyth (J. A. S. Beng, xii. p. 968) says that it is common in 

 Lower Bengal during the cold season, and more or less so 

 over the country generally. In Lord Tweeddale^s collection 

 are skins from Assam and Pegu [Wardlaw Ramsay). Hume 

 records it from the Tenasserim Provinces (Stray Feathers, ii. 

 p. 478), and Dr. Steere has recently obtained a skin in the 

 Philippines. 



The nest and eggs of this bird are unknown. 



This bird and the preceding are much darker than the 

 nearly allied species, and are distinguishable from each other 

 by their different wing-formulse ; their notes are said to be 

 unlike ; and they vary somewhat in their geographical range ; 

 otherwise they seem to be very closely allied. 



9. Phylloscopus cokonatus (Temm.). 

 Ficedula coronata, Temm. & Schl. Fauna Jap. Aves, p. 48, 

 t. 18 (1847). 



Phyllopneuste coronata, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 290 (1850). 

 Phylloscopus coronatus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 93. 



Bill large, under mandible very pale. 



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

 rump, with yellowish green. Wiiigs and tail greyish 



