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B. Burm. p. 105. Neornis flavolivacea, Hodgs. ? apud. Hu?ne, Str. F. HI 

 P- 1 39 ; 00/^5-, *SVr. F. x. p. 221. Phylloscopus schwarzi, Brooks, Sir. F. 

 iv. p. 277; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 84; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p, 353 ; 

 Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 102 j Bingham, Sir. F. ix. p. 1 86. RADDE'S BUSH- 

 WARBLEK. 



Upper parts olive brown tinged with tawny, especially on the rump ; wings 

 and tail brown, edged 1 on the outer web with the colour of the back ; super- 

 cilium, reaching to the nape, buff ; lores and feathers behind the eye dark 

 brown ; ear coverts buff and brown ; under surface rich tawny buff, paling 

 on the throat and abdomen ; axillaries and under wing coverts buff ; bill short, 

 thick, and wide at base; upper mandible dark brown, under mandible 

 pale ; 4th and 5th primaries longest j 2nd intermediate in length between 7th 

 and 8th; the ist frequently more than half the length of the 2nd; legs and 

 feet pale horn colour. 



Length. 5-6 inches ; wing 2*35 to 2-5 ; tail 2'2 to 2-05 ; culmen 0-48 to O'5 



In summer the lower parts are nearly white with, in some, a slight tinge of 

 yellowish white or buff. 



Hab. British Burmah, where Gates says it has been frequently met with in 

 winter, and in North Pegu. It has also been obtained at Kyeikpadien, and by 

 Davison in the northern half of the Tenasserim Division, at Pahpoon, and 

 other places. Captain Bingham got it in the Thoungyeen Valley. It also 

 winters in South China. Breeds in South-Eastern Siberia. Affects low bushes 

 and dense jungle. 



321. Lusciniola fuliginhrentris, (Hodgs.) Seebohm, Ibis, 1880, 



p. 277. Horornis fuliginiventer, Hodgs. P. Z S. 1845, p. 31. Phylloscopus 

 fuliginiventer, (Hodgs.) Blyth>Ibis, 1867, p. 28. The SMOKY GRASS- WARBLER, 



Upper parts dark olive brown ; wings and tail dull chocolate brown ; an 

 indistinct supercilium and the whole of the under surface of the body, includ- 

 ing the axillaries and under wing coverts, pale olive brown, yellowish on the 

 throat and middle of abdomen; bill Phylloscopine; both mandibles dark 

 brown, the under mandible slightly paler at base ; legs and feet brown. 



Length. 5-3 inches; wing 2'i to 2-3; tail 175 to2'o; culmen 0*45 to 0-5. 

 Hab. Nepaul and Sikkim. 



322. Lusciniola neglecta, Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 143 ; Blanf. East. 

 Persia, ii. p. 182; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 99; id. Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 131. 

 Phylloscopus neglectus, (Hume} Hume, Str. F. p. 195. Lusciniola neglectus, 

 (Hume) Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 150. HUME'S GRASS- WARBLER. 



The following is Mr. Hume's description of the species : 

 "The lores are brownish white; a comparatively pure and very narrow 

 white streak runs from the nostrils over the lores and eyes, but not beyond ; 



