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In the dry skin the upper mandible is black, the lower brown, 

 with the base flesh-coloured ; legs brown, Godwin- Austen states 

 that the iris is dull brown and the legs ochraceous green. 



Length nearly 4-5; tail 1'75; wing 2-2; tarsus '8; bill from 

 gape *56 ; the first primary '8 ; the second equal to the tenth. 



Distribution. This species was discovered by Hodgson in Nepal. 

 Mnndelli procured several specimens in Sikhim from February to 

 June, and Blanford met with it in Sikhim at 14,000 feet elevation. 

 It occurs in the Buxa Doars, and Godwin-Austen obtained it at 

 Sadiya, in Assam. It is evidently a resident species. 



410. Phylloscopus fuscatus. The Dusky Willow-Warbler. 



Phyllopneuste fuscata, Blytli, J. A. S. B. xi, p. 113 (1842). 

 Horornis fulviventi is, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 31 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, 



p. 162; Hume, N. $ E. p. 329; id. Cat. no. 523; Brooks, 8. F. 



viii, p. 379. 

 Phylloscopus hrimneus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiv, p. 591 (1845) ; id. 



Cat. p. 185 ; Horsf. # M. Cat. i, p. 338. 

 Phylloscopus fuscatus (Blyth}, Blyth, Cat. p. 185 ; Jerd. B. 1. ii, 



p. 191 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. 8. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 271 ; Anders. 



Yunnan Exped., Axes, p. 623; Hume, Cat. no. 555; id. S. F. xi ; 



p. 217 ; Gates in Hume's N. $ E. L'nd ed. i, p. 259. 

 Lusciniola fuscata (Blyth), Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 127. 

 Herbivocula fuscata (Blyth), Gates, B. B. i, p. 92. 



The Dusky Tree- Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Upper plumage brown ; tail and wings brown, edged 

 exteriorly with olive-brown : lores and feathers behind the eye dark 

 brown ; a distinct supercilium reaching to the nape buff ; cheeks 

 and ear-coverts mingled brown and buff ; chin, throat, and abdomen 

 buffy white ; breast, flanks, axillaries, vent, and under tail-coverts 

 rich buff. In summer the buff becomes less intense. Before the 

 two annual moults the plumage gets much abraded, and some birds 

 become a uniform dull brown. 



Iris brown ; upper mandible dusky brown, the lower one dusky 

 yellow, brownish at the tip ; mouth yellow ; legs and feet dusky 

 flesh-colour; claws yellowish horn-colour. 



Length 5'3; tail 2-3 ; wing 2-4; tarsus -9; bill from gape '52. 

 The second primary is intermediate in length between the ninth 

 and tenth ; the first primary is large, being about '8 inch in length. 



Distribution. "Winters in Bengal and the North-West Provinces 

 east of the longitude of Etawah ; extends up to the head of the 

 Assam valley, and thence southwards down to Tenasserim, where 

 it has been observed as far south as Tavoy. It has been found in 

 Nepal, probably in summer, and in Sikhim certainly at that 

 season, if we identify with this species the bird of which Jerdon 

 found the nest at Darjiling in July. Hodgson's Horornis fulvi- 

 ventris is undoubtedly this species, as proved by his types (no! 878) 

 in the British Museum ; and Jerdou identified his Darjiling spe- 

 cimen with H. fulviventris. 



In winter this bird is found in Southern China, and at the 



