or Willow -Warblers. 107 



Bill very slender, under mandible pale at the base. 



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

 rump, with dirty yellowish green. Wings and tail greyish 

 brown, with the outside edge of each feather broadly 

 margined with dirty yellowish green. Outside edge of 

 tertiaries dirty white. Superciliary streak dirty white. 



Head rather darker than the back, with an indistinct mesial 

 line. 



Underparts dirty yellowish white, dashed with buff on the 

 breast and flanks. Axillaries, wing-lining, and thighs 

 dirty yellowish white. 



Third, foui'th, and fifth primaries longest. Sixth rather 

 shorter. Seventh and eighth each considerably shorter 

 than the preceding. Second primary about equal to the 

 ninth. 



Exposed portion of bastard primary "48 to "6. 



First wing-bar very distinct. Rudiments of upper bar. 



Length of wing— male 2-25 to 2-13, female 2-1 to 2-05. 



Length of tail — male 1*8 to 1'7, female 1'7 to 1'65. 



Legs and feet dark brown. 



Mr. Brooks informs me that he obtained this species in the 



north-west provinces of India as far east as Cawnpore during 



the cold season. Its summer quarters are unknown. 



It is a somewhat smaller bird than P. superciliosus , with 



a shorter second primary, and with the white tips to the pri- 

 maries and the upper bar on the wing very indistinct. 



32. Phylloscopus maculipennis (Blyth). 



Abrornis maculipennis, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 27. 



Beguloides ? Blanford, J. A. S. Beng. xli. pt. 2, p. 



163 (1872). 



Abrornis chloronotus, Hume, Nests and Eggs of Ind. B. 

 p. 372 (1874, nee Hodgson). 



Bill very slender, under mandible black. 



Back olive- green. Rump yellow. Wings and tail greyish 

 brown, with the outside edge of each feather broadly 

 margined with yellowish green. Outside edge of ter- 

 tiaries tipped with white, inner web of three outside tail- 

 feathers white. Superciliary streak white. 



Head grey, with a distinct Avhite mesial line. 



Throat greyish white ; rest of underparts, axillaries, and wing- 

 lining yellow. 



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



