or Willow- Warblers. 87 



from Senafe^ Abyssinia. One is in Lord Tweeddale^s collec- 

 tion^ and the other in the British Museum. They were ob- 

 tained at an elevation of 7500 feet. 



Nothing- whatever is known of the migration or nidification 

 of this species. 



17. Phylloscopus indicus ( Jerdon) . 



Sylvia indica, Jerdon, Madras Journ. xi. p. 6 (1840). 



P/iylloscojMS indicus, Jerdon, B. of India, ii. 194 (1863). 



Phylloscopus griseolus, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p. 443 

 (1847). 



Ficedula obscura, Severtzoflf, Fauna of Turkestan, pp. 65, 

 124 (1873)— see Ibis, 1876, p. 82. 



Bill slender, under mandible pale. 



Upper parts greyish brown, without any tinge of green. 

 Wings and tail the same colour. Superciliary streak 

 greyish yelloio, sharply defined, and extending to the 

 nape. 



Head the same colour as the back. 



Underparts huffish yellow, darkest on the breast and flanks. 

 Axillaries and wdng-lining buff. 



Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries longest. Seventh, 

 eighth, and ninth each considerably shorter than the 

 preceding. Second equal to the ninth or tenth. 



Bastard primary large, the exposed part measuring '75 to -8. 



No wing-bar. 



Length of wing — male 2*6 to 2*5, female 2*25. 



Length of tail — male 2-05, female 2'0. 



Legs and claws albescent plumbeous [Blyth) . 



This is one of the rarer species of the genus, and one having 

 apparently a very restricted range. It probably breeds in 

 the alpine districts of the Himalayas, in the north-east of 

 India, migrating to the north-west provinces in the cooler 

 weather. Brooks (Ibis, 1869, p. 56) says that it is frequently 

 seen at Almorah, and mentions (Ibis, 1872, p. 31) great num- 

 bers ascending the hills towards Simla about the end of April. 

 Jerdon (Birds of I. ii. p. 195) says that it winters in Central 

 India. 



The nest and eggs of this bird are unknown. 



