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VIII. — Notes on Various Indian Birds. 

 By R. C. BEA.VAN, Capt. Bengal Staff Corps, C.M.Z.S. 

 [Continued from ' The Ibis ' for 1867, p. 455.] 

 554. Phylloscopus tristis. Brown Tree- Warbler. 

 Procured at Umballab, 23rd of October, 1866. Length 4-25 ; 

 wing 2"3135 ; tail 1*6875; tarsus '6875 ; spread of foot under- 

 neath "875; bill from front "3125, from gape '4375. Referred 

 to this species by Colonel Tytler, although my dimensions are 

 smaller than Dr. Jerdon's. 



Birds of the genus Phylloscojms are called " Phoochee" by the 

 natives of Maunbhoom. I have procured several other species, 

 but have not been able to identify them. I believe I got 

 P. fuscatus, P. lugubris, and P. nitidus in Maunbhoom, and P. 

 viridanus near Barrackpore, but am not at all certain. 



564. Reguloides trochiloides. Median Crowned Warbler. 

 Uarjeeling collection, 1862. Two specimens. 



573. Abrornis ALBOsuPERciLiARis. Whitc-browcd Warbler. 



This is apparently the species so abundant at Simla in May 

 and June, where it is the only representative of the Phyllosco- 

 pina observed by me. It frequents gardens, apricot-, apple-, and 

 pear-trees, and other thick green foliage. Later in the season I 

 observed it mixed up with large flocks of small Titmice. " Yel- 

 low-breasted Warbler " seems a more appropriate name for it. I 

 have once or twice observed it close to the house in a thick clump 

 of honeysuckle; and it is not at all shy. The dimensions of three 

 specimens are as follows : — 



Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Extent. 



1-75 -75 -4 5-5 



1-625 -6875 -4 6 



1-625 -6875 .. 6-25 



581. Sylvia orphea. Large Black-capped Warbler. 



I procured my first specimen of this bird at Kashurghur, 

 Maunbhoom, in March 1864, and it w^as the only one that I 

 observed in that district ; but I found it tolerably common at 

 Umballah in October 1866, where it frequents the babool-trees 

 {Acacia, sip.), creeping tLout very silently, and, when disturbed, 

 trying to sneak away into the thickest parts. 



