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the Salween district of Tenasserirn, among the pine-forests. It 

 occasionally descends to such low levels as the Dehra Doon. 



It extends to N. China .and S.E. Siberia in the summer. 



Habits, $c. This bird breeds, commonly in the Himalayas, at 

 considerable. altitudes. It builds its nest in May or June, con- 

 structing a domed structure of moss and lichen, lined with 

 feathers, low down on the bough of a pine. The eggs, five in 

 number, are white spotted with red, and measure *54 by *44. 



416. Phylloscopus subviridis, Brooks' s Willow-Warbler. 



Reguloides subviridis, Brooks, Proc. A. S. B. 1872, p. 148; Hume, 



S. F. iv, p. 494 ; 11 rooks, S. F. vii, p. 477 ; Hume, Cat. no. 566 bis ; 



Brooks, S. F. viii, pp. S92, 482; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 66; 



Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 449. 

 Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks), Seebohm, Cat. B.M. v, p. 74, pi. iv, 



%. 2 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 262. 



Coloration. Central coronal streak, supercilium, sides of the 

 head, and the whole lower plumage yellow suffused with an 

 ochraceous tinge ; lores and behind the eye dusky ; upper plumage 

 and margins of wings and tail clear greenish yellow ; tips to greater 

 wing-coverts pale yellow and distinct ; tips to median-coverts 

 greenish yellow and less distinct. 



Iris black ; legs and feet greyish green ; bill greenish horny 

 (G. F. L. Marshall). 



Length about 4'3 ; tail 1/8; wing 2-3; tarsus '7; bill from 

 gape '45 ; the first primary is about '55 long; the second primary 

 is between the seventh and tenth. 



Distribution. This species is found in winter in the North-west- 

 Provinces and the Pan jab, apparently not ranging eastward of 

 Allahabad. It occurs at Simla on migration, and breeds in Kashmir 

 and Afghanistan, but the nest has not yet been found. 



417. Phylloscopus superciliosus. TJie Crowned Willow- Warbler, 



Motacilla superciliosa, Gm. Syst. Nat. i, p. 975 (1788). 

 Reguloides modestus (Gould), Blytli, Cat. p. 184 (part.). 

 Reguloides proregtilus (Pali.}, Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 342 ; Jerd. B. 



I. ii,p. 197. 

 Reguloides superciliosus (Gm.'), Brooks, S. F. vii, pp. 128, 236, 475, 



viii, p. 392 ; Hume, Cat. no. 565 ; id. S. F. xi, p. 222 ; Barnes, 



Birds Bom. p. 230. 

 Ph) lloscopus superciliosus (Gm.), Anders. Yunnan Exp., Aves, 



p. 625 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 68 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 87. 



The Crowned Tree- Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Upper plumage olive-green ; a very indistinct and 

 irregular coronal streak greenish grey ; a well-defined supercilium, 

 reaching to the nape, pale greenish yellow ; the crown of the head 

 darker than the other parts ; wings and wing-coverts dark brown, 

 edged with yellowish green, the median and greater coverts with 



