Mr. E. Blyth on the Indian Phylloscopi. 1G7 



the first primary || to y| in., and the second f'^ in. shorter than 

 the third, which equals the sixth, and is a little shorter than the 

 fourth and fifth : tail 2^ in., with its outermost feathers j'^ in. 

 shorter than the middle ones : bill to gape nearly ^ in. : tarse 

 ^ in. Irides dark hazel. Bill dusky above, yellowish at base of 

 lower mandible ; inside of the mouth rather pale yellow : legs 

 greenish-brown. Plumage, above uniform olive-brown ; below 

 albescent, purest on the throat and middle of belly, and weakly 

 tinged with a ferruginous or ruddy hue on the pale supercilia, 

 sides of neck, flanks and lower tail-coverts, and more faintly on 

 the breast ; axillarics also weak ferruginous, with the fore part 

 of the under surface of the wing ; and the primaries are slightly 

 margined with pale rufescent : no trace whatever of a wing-band. 

 The young {Ph. brunneus, nobis, passim) resemble the adults in 

 colour, but the wings and tail are rather shorter, and the plumage 

 is of somewhat more open texture. 



Not rare in Lower Bengal during the cold season ; but com- 

 moner, it would seem, to the eastward, and especially in Arakan. 



7. Phylloscopus viridanus, nobis, J. A. S. xii. 967*. 



Abrornis tenuiceps, Hodgson, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, jj. 83. (Perhaps 

 Ph. trocJiilus of W. India apnd Gould.) 



Length 4| to 5^ in., by 7^ to 7^ in. : wing 2^ to 2^ in. ; its 

 first primary f to | in., and the second ^ in. shorter than the 

 third, W'hich equals the fourth and fifth : tail 1| to 2 in. : bill to 

 gape nearly | in. : tarse ii to f in. Irides dusky. Bill dusky 

 horn-colour above, the under mandible yellowish except towards 

 tip. Legs pale greenish-plumbeous. Plumage, above light dull 

 olive-green, beneath greenish-albescent : a pale yellow streak 

 over the eye ; and a slight whitish bar on the wing, formed by 

 the tips of its larger coverts. 



The commonest species of the genus in Lower Bengal ; and 

 we believe generally diflfused. The only sound w'e have heard it 

 utter is a faint tiss-yip frequently repeated ; but never a number 

 of times in continuous succession, like the much louder tsih-tseh 

 of the European Ph. /nifus. 



8. Phylloscopus nitidus, nobis, J. A. S. xii. 965. 



Mztscicapa nitidal, Latham, FrankUn. 

 Sylvia hippolais, apud Jerdon, Mach*. Journ. xi. 6. 



Hippolais Swamso7u, Ilodgson, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82. (Prohably 

 Sylvia sibilatrix of Royle's list.) 



Length 4i to 4| in., by 7f to 7^ in. across : wing 2f to 2| in. : 



* Phyllopneuste rttfa apud uos, J. A. S. xi. 191 ; and Ph. affinis, Ann. & 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. 1843, vol. xii. p. 98. 



