PHYLLOSCOIH .s. 241 



Length. 4-5 to 475 inches; wing 2-5 ; bill at front 0*5. 



Hab. Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Concan, Deccan, 

 Southern India, Ceylon, and Nepaul ; breeding in the Himalayas and wintering 

 in the plains. 



284. Phylloscopus viridanus, Biyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 967 ; 



Jerd. B. Jnd. ii. p. 193, No. 560; Brooks, Ibis, 1872, p. 31; Scully, Sir. F. 

 iv. p. 148; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 73; Hume, Sir. F. vi. p. 356. Phyl- 

 lopneuste viridanus, Blyth and Wald., B. Biirm. p. 105. Phylloscopus 

 seebohmi, Hume, Str. F. v. p. 355- The INDIAN WILLOW-\VARBLER. 



Similar to Phylloscopus nitidus, except that the quills are narrowly tipped 

 with pale white and that the greater coverts only are tipped with pale yellowish 

 white, and so forming only one wing bar; 3rd, 4th and 5th primaries longest; 

 2nd intermediate in length between 7th and 8th, sometimes between 6th 

 and 7th ; 2nd primary 0*5 to Cr65. 



Length. 4 inches ; wing 2-3 to 2-5 ; tarsus 075 ; culmen 0-45 to 0-5. 



Hab. The Himalayas up to Cashmere, where it breeds. In winter it is 

 found all over India nearly. It has been recorded from Arrakan, in Tenas- 

 serim at Thatone, Moulmein, and Tavoy, and extends through the Indo- 

 Burmese countries to Cochin-China. In India proper it is recorded as 

 having occurred in the N. W. Provinces, Oudh and Bengal, also Rajputana 

 and Southern India ; also from Nepaul. Mr. Brooks found its nest in Cashmere 

 at an elevation of 11,000 feet. It was a domed structure, placed on the steep 

 bank side of a ravine full of birch trees, but it did not contain eggs. 



285. Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, SwM., Ibis, i86i,p. 330; 



Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 76 ; Hume and Dav. vi. p. 355 ; Brooks, Str. F. vii. 

 p. 508; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 385; Bingham, Str. F. ix. p. 187; Seebohm, 

 Cat. B* Br. Mus. v. p. 45. Phyllopneuste plumbeitarsus, David et. Oust. Ois 

 Chine, p. 270. MINDENDORFF'S WILLOW-WARBLER. 



Similar to Phylloscopus viridanus, except that the greater and median coverts 

 are pale tipped and form two bars on the wing ; the ear coverts are greenish 

 yellow, and the under plumage pale greyish yellow ; bill pale yellow on 

 lower mandible, brown on the upper. 



Length. 4'2 inches; wing 2'2 ; tail 17; tarsus 07; culmen 0*6 ; 2nd 

 primary intermediate in length between 7th and 8th, occasionally equals the 

 8th ; ist primary O'5 to 07. Legs plumbeous. 



Hab. British Burmah. According to Gates it is a very common winter 

 visitor to Pegu. 



Mr. Davison obtained it in December near Moulmein, and Captain Bingham 

 observed it in the Thoungyeen Valley. It passes through China on migration, 



