106 Mr. H. Seebolim on the Phylloscopi 



and bits of thin birch-bark. It is placed on the bough of a 

 pine tree, often a considerable height from the ground. The 

 eggs are white_, richly spotted with dark brownish red. 



30. Phylloscopus erochrous (Hodgson). 



Abrornis erochroa, Hodgson, Gray^s Zool. Misc. p. 82 

 (1844) . 



Regulus erochroa, G. E. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 175 (1848). 



Reguloides erochroa, Jerdon, B. of India, ii. p. 199 (1863). 



Abrornis pulchrala, Hodgson, Gray^s Zool. Misc. p. 82 

 (1844). 



Reguloides ? Blanford, J. A. S. Beng. xli. pt. ii. p. 



162 (1872). 



Bill very slender, under mandible dark. 



Upper parts olive-green. Rump yellow. Wings and tail 

 greyish brown, with the outside edge of each feather 

 broadly margined with olive-green. Outside edge of 

 the tertiaries yellowish white at the tip. Inner web of 

 three outer tail-feathers on each side white. Superciliary 

 streak greyish yellow. 



Head rather darker-coloured than the back, with an indistinct 

 pale mesial line. 



Underparts, axillaries, and wing-lining greyish yellow. 



Fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries longest. Third and seventh 

 rather shorter. Eighth and ninth each considerably 

 shorter than the preceding. Second equal to about the 

 tenth. 



Bastard primary large, the exposed part measuring '55 to "65. 



First bar orange and very distinct. Upper bar greyish orange 

 and rather indistinct. 



Length of wing— male 2-45 to 2*3, female 2-25 to 2-1. 



Length of tail — male 2*0 to 1'8, female 1*75 to 1*6. 



Legs and claws brown. 



So far as is known, this species has a more limited range 

 than almost any other of the genus. Hodgson found it in 

 Nepaul (in British Museum) ; and I have skins from Sikkim; 

 but Mr. Brooks tells me it is never seen in the plains of India. 

 Nothing is known of its nidification. 



31. Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks). 



Reguloides subviridis. Brooks, P. A. S. Beng. 1872, p. 148. 



