SYLVIINZ. 231 
the forepart of the wing underneath pale yellow; supercilia 
and plumage beneath greenish albescent. 
This is another winter visitant to the Deccan. 
Reguloides humei, Brooks. 
565bis.—Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 409. 
; THE BROWN-HEADED WILLOW WARBLER. 
Like R. swperciliosus, but has the supercilium pale brown- 
ish-buff to brownish-white, asin P. tristts; cheeks strongly tinged 
with pale ruddy-buff, and seldom having an admixture of yellow; 
they are mottled as in the affined species with dark-brown ; top of 
head brown, rather inclined to olive; coronal streak very faint, 
often not visible; color of top of head at all times blended 
ito color of back; back, wings, and tail as in swperciliosus, 
but of less bright green, and yellow tips to the wing-coverts 
not so pure; in other respects the plumage much resembles 
that of swperciliosus. 
Has been procured in the vicinity of Belgaum. 
Genus, Abrornis, JZodgson. 
Bill wider than in Phylloscopus or Reguloides, depressed, 
moderately deflected, and distinctly notched; nostrils conceal- 
ed; a few fine rictal setz ; otherwise as in Phylloscopus. 
Abrornis cantator, Tickell. 
570.—Oulicipeta cantator, Tickell—Jerdon’s Birds of India, 
— Vol. I, p. 200. 
THE LESSER BLACK-BROWED WARBLER. 
Length, 4°25; expanse, 6°25 3 wing, 2°25; tail, 1°75; tarsus, 
0-6. 
_ Bill light dusky above, amber beneath ;. irides hazel; legs 
fleshy-yellow. 
_ Bright olive-green above, yellow on the wings and tail; 
throat, cheeks, supercilia, lower tail-coverts, and margin of the 
wing, bright yellow; belly and flanks greyish-white; a very 
narrow yellow bar on the wing; on each side of the crowna 
broad black band, and an intermediate and’ narrower greenish 
one, becoming yellower on the occiput; upper tertiaries slightly 
margined at the tips with yellowish-white, and the tail feathers 
have a very narrow-yellowish white internal border. 
Central India is one of the localities mentioned by Jerdon 
as frequented by this pretty little warbler. 
SuB-FAMILY, Sylviine. 
These are a small series of birds, with mostly grey plumage, 
and frequently marked with black on the head or throat ; bill 
moderately slender; wings rather lengthened’; tarsus and feet 
short, but strong, and with moderately curved claws. 
