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like the last, from which it is at once distinguished by its pale 

 pure yellow rump. 



This minute species appears to be peculiar to the sub-Hima- 

 layan region, where it is extensively distributed. 



II. Genus Regulus (antiq.), Cuvier. 



Capt. Hutton states that both R. ignicapillus and R. cristatus 

 of Europe inhabit the N.W. Himalaya. We have seen only a 

 single male specimen, procured by Capt. Thomas at Simla; and 

 this perfectly resembles R. cristatus, except in being considerably 

 larger, and the hue flame- coloured interior crest would seem to 

 be more developed. Length of wing 2| in., and of tail If in. 

 In several British specimens of R. cristatus, the corresponding 

 measurements are 2 in. and 1^ in., with the rest in proportion. 

 Should this difference in size prove constant, the race might be 

 denominated R. himalayensis ; requiring, however, to be first 

 minutely compared with the N. American R. satrapa, Lichten- 

 stein (v. tricolor, Jardine). INIr. Hodgson would not appear to 

 have met with a true Regulus in Nepal. 



III. Genus Culicipeta, nobis, J. A. S. xii. 968. 



" General structure of Phylloscopus, but having a narrow Fly- 

 catcher's bill and armature of rictus, the ridge of the upper man- 

 dible angulated, and the breadth of the bill evenly attenuating." 

 Such are the characters of the first or typical species, to which 

 may be added that the claws, especially that of the hind toe, are 

 longer and less curved. In other species, however, the form 

 grades to that of Phylloscopus ; but there is a general and marked 

 resemblance of colom'ing throughout the series, indicative of 

 their unity as a group, and which would help to separate it from 

 the European type, Phyllopneuste (v. Hippolais). In general, the 

 upper parts are green, the lower bright yellow wholly or in part, 

 and the crown exhibits the colouring (variously modified) of 

 Phylloscopus occipitalis and of the subgroup Reguloides ; while 

 the two or three outer tail-feathers are, in most of the species, 

 largely marked with white on the inner web. Their habits ap- 

 pear to be quite similar to those of the Phylloscopi. 



1. Culicipeta Burkii. 



Sylvia Burkii, Biirton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 153. 



Acanthiza arrogans, Sundevall (1837). 



Cryptolopha auricapilla, Swainson, 2\ Centen. (1837). 



Muscicapa bilineata. Lesson, Rev. Zool. de la Soc. Cuv. 1839, p. 104. 



Length 4| by 6^ in. : wing 2^^ in. ; its first primary | in., and 

 the second | in. shorter than the third, which equals the sixth or 



