173 Mr. E. Blyth on the Indian Phylloscopi. 



seventh (in different specimens), and is rather shorter than the 

 intervening two or three : tail If in. : bill to gape exceeding i in. ; 

 and tarse \^ in. Irides dark. Bill dusky above ; underneath, 

 with the legs, pale amber or brownish-yellow, darker on toes. 

 Plumage, above bright yellowish olive-green ; below full siskin- 

 yellow throughout j the cheeks and sides of neck intermediate : 

 over each eye a broad black streak reaching to the occiput, 

 leaving the middle of the head greenish, slightly flanked with 

 ash-gray : tail duskj', its middle feathers margined with the hue 

 of the back, aiid the inner web of the outermost white nearly 

 throughout, as also the terminal half of that of the next. 

 Some have a slight yellowish wing-band, which in others is 

 barely indicated. 



This pretty little bird is not uncommon in Lower Bengal 

 during the cold season, and like the rest of its tribe retires to the 

 sub-IIimalayan region to breed. Its bill has more decidedly 

 the Flycatcher form than any of the following. 



2. CULICIPETA CANTA.TOR. 



Motacilla cantator, Tickell, J. A. S. ii. 576. 



C. schisticeps, Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82; G. R. Gray, 



* Appendix to Catalogue of Specimens presented by Mr. Hodgson to 



the British Museum,' p. 153. 



Length 4| in., hy 6^ in. expanse : wing 2^ in. ; with pri- 

 maries as in C. Burkii : tail If in. : bill to gape nearly f in. ; 

 and tarse | in. Irides dark. Bill light dusky above, amber- 

 coloured below : legs light yellowish-carneous, with a leaden 

 tinge. Plumage, bright olive-green above, yellower on the 

 wings and tail : throat, cheeks, supercilia, lower tail-coverts, 

 and margin of wing, bright yellow ; the belly and flanks grayish- 

 white : greater wing-coverts tipped with pale yellow, forming a 

 slight bar on the wing : on each side of the crown a broad black 

 band; and an intermediate narrow greenish one, becoming 

 yellower upon the occiput : upper tertiaries very slightly mar- 

 gined at the tips with yellowish-white; and the tail-feathers 

 have a uai'row yellowish-white internal border. 



This pretty species is rare in Lower Bengal, becoming com- 

 moner to the westward. The bill is narrower and the rictal setae 

 are less developed, while the claws (especially that of the hind- 

 toe) are shorter and more curved than in C. Burkii. 



3. CULICIPETA PULCHRA. 



Abrornis pulcher, Hodgson, nobis, J. A. S. xiv. 592. 



Abr. erochroa[l), Hodgson, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82 (undescribed) ; 

 G. R. Gray, Appendix to Catalogue, p. 152. 



Length 4f in., of wing 2^ in., with primaries as in C. Burkii : 

 tail If in. : bill to gape | in. ; and tarse nearly | in. Bill 



