246 TURDID^E. 



Length. 4'6 inches; wing 2*25 to 2-4 inches; tail r8$ to 2'O; tarsus o'7 < 

 bill from gape O'6 ; ist primary cr6 inches in length, the 2nd about equal to 

 the loth ; 3rd, 4th and 5th about equal and longest. 



Hab. The Himalayas from Nepaul eastwards, in the alpine districts of 

 which it is supposed to breed. It winters in both the Indian and Burmah 

 Peninsulas. 



It has been recorded from the N. W. Provinces of India, also from Oudh, 

 Bengal, British Burmah and Nepaul. Gates says it is common throughout 

 Southern Pegu, and, quoting Davison, that it has been met with in Tenasserim, 

 Dr. Armstrong procured it at Amherst. It is said to be common also from 

 Cashmere eastwards, and to have occurred in China. Jerdon, under R. tro* 

 chtloides, says he got it at Calcutta, and that Mr. Blyth has seen it from Dehra 

 Doon, and again, under R. viridipennis^ that he obtained it at Darjeeling, 

 It is found on trees, searching the leaves for insects. 



292. Phylloscopus viridipennis, myth, J, A. S. B. xxiv. p. 275 ; 



If time, Sfr. F. v. p, 330; Brooks and Hume , Sir. F. ix. pp. 290, 291 ; Seebohm, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mas. v. p. 53. Fhylloscopus presbytis, {Mull.) Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 883. Reguloides viridipennis, (Bl) Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 202. WALLACE'S 

 CROWNED WILLOW-WARBLER. 



Similar to Phylloscopus reguloides, except that it is smaller and that the 

 inner webs of the three outermost tail feathers on each side are white. The 

 lower plumage, too, is more suffused with yellow. Bill dark brown, the lower 

 mandible pale. 



Length. 4*3 inches ; wing 2'o5 to 2*1 tail 1*7, tarsus 0*75 ; bill from gape 

 O'5S ; 2nd primary equal to the lOth ; 1st O'55 inch to 0'7 ; 4th and 5 th 

 primaries longest, 



Hab. British Burmah and southwards down the Malay Peninsula. Seebohm 

 says it breeds in the mountains of British Burmah and winters in the plains, 

 ranging also as far as Timor and probably also Sumatra. Mr. Davison procured 

 it on the Mooleyit Mountain in Tenasserim, and he also found a nest in 

 February. It was a globular structure, made of moss mingled with dry leaves 

 and fibres, and lined with vegetable down. The nest was placed in a mass oi 

 creepers on the face of a rock, and contained 3 pure white eggs. 



No bar across the wings ; bill slender, depressed at base. 



293. Phylloscopus tristis, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 966; xiv. 



p. 59; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 190, No. 554; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. Ixvi. 1875 ; 

 Blf. East. Pers. ii. p. 1 80 ; Scully t Str. F. iv. p. 148; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 97; 1879, p. 10; id. Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. 63; Murray, Hdbk. Zool. 

 fyc., Sind, p. 1 6 1. Phyllopneuste tristis, (Blyth) Gould. B.Asia, pt. xvii. 

 Phylloscopus brehmi, Homey er, apud. Blf. East Persia* ii. p. 182. The 

 SIBERIAN WILLOW-WARBLER. 



