404 SYLYIIDJE. 



408. Phylloscopus iudicus. The Olivaceous Willow -Warbler. 



Sylvia indica, Jerd. Madras Journ. L. S. xi, p. 6 (1840). 



Phyllopneuste indicus (Jerd.}, Blyth, Cat. p. 183. 



Phylloscopus indicus (Jerd.}, Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 194 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. 



xxxviii, pt. ii, p. 181 ; Butler, S. F. iii, p. 486 ; Hume, Cat. no. 562 ; 



id. S. F. xi, p. 220 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 229. 

 Lusciniola indica (Jerd.}, Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 126. 



The Olivaceous Tree- Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Upper plumage earthy brown, with a tinge of yel- 

 lowish on the rump ; wings and tail brown, very slightly margined 

 paler, the outer tail-feathers narrowly tipped with white ; a dis- 

 tinct deep yellow supercilium from, the nostrils to the nape, shading 

 off into buff ; sides of the head brown mingled with buffi ; lower 

 plumage buffish yellow, slightly dusky on the breast and sides of 

 the body ; axillaries and under wing-coverts brown. 



Legs, feet, and bill greenish yellow, the bill blackish on the 

 culineii ; iris brown (Hume Coll.). 



Length rather more than 5 ; tail 2-1 ; wing 2-5 ; tarsus *75 ; 

 bill from gape '55 ; first primary '6 to '7 ; the second is about 

 equal to tenth or somewhat longer. 



Distribution. A winter visitor to the plains and lower ranges of 

 the Himalayas, being found as far south as Jalna, in Hyderabad, 

 and Chanda. In the north-west it seems to be rare. I have seen 

 a specimen from Murree, but from nowhere else in the Punjab, 

 nor from Sind, nor from the northern parts of llajputana, above 

 Jodhpore. To the east P. indicus is fairly common in all parts of 

 Bengal, and has been observed in Assam at Dollah, in the Dibrugarh 

 district, and at the foot of the Gruro hills. 



In summer this bird retires to the higher ranges of the Hima- 

 layas, and it breeds in Kashmir, although its nest does not appear 

 to have been found as yet. 



Habits, <$fc. Blauford observes that this Warbler differs some- 

 what in habits from allied species, and is often seen running about 

 vertical stems of trees, to which it clings like a Nuthatch. 



409. Phylloscopus fuliginiventris. The Smoky Willow-Warbler. 



Horornis fuligini venter, Hodgs. P. Z. 8. 1845, p. 31 ; Horsf. $ M. 



Cat. i, p. 335 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 162; Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 21. 

 Phylloscopus fuliginiventer (Hodgs.}, Blanf. J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, 



p. 54; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xlvii, pt. ii, p. 18; Hume, Cat. 



no. 525. 

 Lusciniola fuliginiventris (Hodgs.), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 129. 



The Smoky Hill- Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Upper plumage very dark olive-brown ; wings and 

 tail dark brown, margined with olive-brown ; a narrow supercilium 

 and the whole lower plumage dusky oil-green ; sides of the head 

 dusky and buff mingled. Godwin-Austen speaks of a dull but 

 well-marked ring round the eye ; this is not apparent in the skins 

 I have seen. 



