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beneath ; the inner webs, except those of the central tail feathers, with a 

 narrow greyish white margin. Under surface of body pale greyish yellow, 

 greyest on the breast and flanks ; auxiliaries, under wing coverts and thighs 

 greyish yellow. Bill much decurved at tip, the rictal bristles well developed ; 

 upper mandible dark brown, under mandible pale, darker towards the tip ; 

 legs, feet and claws bluish brown ; 4th and 5th primaries longest ; 2nd inter- 

 mediate between 7th and 8th, 1st primary O'6 to 075. 



Length. 5.4 inches ; wing 27 ; tail 2-2; bill from gape 0-65. 



Hab. The Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Central India, the 

 Central Provinces, Deccan, and South India, also British Burmah, Cash- 

 mere and Nepaul. It has been recorded from Arrakan by 'Blyth. Davison 

 procured it in Tenasserim, and Mr. Hume records it from the Malay Penin- 

 sula. It is generally spread over the whole Peninsula of India, Ceylon, and 

 the Andamans, and summers in the Himalayas up to Cashmere, where it breeds. 



Mr. Brooks, who met with this species in the Himalayas, says : " The condi- 

 tions this bird require are wooded cliffs or very steep rocky banks impracti- 

 cable for man, and plenty of flowing water below. Above a roaring torrent it 

 is in its element and sings most vigorously. 



288. PhylloSCOpUS lugUbriS, Blyth, Ann. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 98 ; 

 Blyth and Walden, B. Burnt., p. 105; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 968; 

 Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 192, No. 558 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 78 ; Hume, Str. F. 

 v 'i'P-355; Anders. Yunnan. Exped. p. 624; Hume, S/r. F. viii. p. 102 ; 

 Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 48 . Gates, B. Br. Burn., i. p. 83. 

 BLYTH'S WILLOW-WARBLER. 



Closely allied to Phylloscopus magnirostris, being absolutely identical in 

 colour and in its seasonal changes, and would scarcely be entitled to specific 

 rank were it not that it appears to have a more eastern geographical range. 

 It is somewhat smaller, with a more rounded wing ; the 4th and 5th primaries 

 are longest and the 2nd is equal to the loth ; 1st primary 0*7 to O'8 inch. 



Length.^ inches; wing 2-4 to 2'6 ; tail 2*0 to 2*1 ; tarsus 075 ; culmen 

 0'45 to 0-62. 



This is one of the most abundant species of the genus. It is found in the 

 Eastern Himalayas, where it breeds, and as far west as Nepaul. It extends in 

 winter to Assam and Lower Bengal. Jerdon records it from the Neilgherries, the 

 Wynaad, Bengal and Sikkim. Round Pegu Gate's says it is very common. 

 Dr. Armstrong got it at Elephant Point, Mr. Davison in the northern half of 

 the Tenasserim Division, and Dr. Anderson procured it near Bhamo. 

 Seebohm says it straggles in the winter to the Philippine Islands. 



Like the last this species is entirely arboreal in its habits, affecting the 

 high tree tops. 



A pale mesial line on the crown. 



