414 SYLYIIDjE. 



422. Acanthopneuste viridanus. The GreenisJi Willow- Warbler. 



Phylloscopus viridanus, Blyth,J. A. 8. B. xii, p. 967 (1843) ; id. Cat. 

 p. 185 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 388 ; Jcrd. B. I. ii, p. 193 ; Hume $ 

 Henders. Lahore to York. p. 220, pi. xix ; Scully, S. F. iv, p. 148; 

 Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. G24 ; Brooks, S. F. vii, p. 508; 

 Hume, Cat. no. 560 ; Brooks, S. F. viii, p. 385 ; Le(/r/e, Birds Cei/l. 

 p. 555 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 44 ; Gates, B. B. i, p. 80 ; 

 Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 229 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 219. 

 The Greenish Tree- Warbler, Jerd. 



Coloration. Upper plumage dull olive-green, lighter on the rump ; 

 wings and tail brown, with the outer webs edged with olive-green ; 

 wing-coverts brown, edged broadly with olive-green ; the greater 

 coverts tipped with the same colour, forming a wing-bar ; a well- 

 defined narrow eye-stripe reaching to the nape yellowish white ; 

 lores and feathers behind the eye brown; ear-coverts greenish 

 yellow; lower plumage pale greyish yellow; under wing-coverts 

 and axillaries pale yellow. 



In summer the plumage becomes paler. Just before the seasonal 

 moult the wing-bar frequently disappears by abrasion. 



Upper mandible dusky brown ; lower yellowish brown ; iris 

 dark brown ; legs and feet brownish grey ; claws brown horny 

 (Scully). 



Length 4-2 ; tail 1/7; wing 2-2; tarsus '7; bill from gape '6 ; the 

 second primary is intermediate in length between the seventh 

 and the eighth, but occasionally equals the eighth ; the first pri- 

 mary is rather large, measuring from *5 to *7 inch in length. 



Distribution. Throughout the whole length of the Himalayas 

 from the Hazara country to Sikhim, and over the whole peninsula 

 of India down to Ceylon, with the exception of Sind and the 

 western portion of Bajputana. To the east this species extends 

 commonly to Calcutta, and has been found in Northern Sylhet. I 

 formerly reported it from Burma on the authority of Blyth, but 

 there can be little doubt now that it does not occur in that Pro- 

 vince. Hume also at one time identified some Tenasscrim birds 

 with this species, but afterwards he declared them to be A.plumbei- 

 tarsus. The whole Hume and Tweeddale collections do not con- 

 tain a specimen from Burma. 



In summer this species appears to retreat to the higher parts of 

 the Himalayan range, and probably breeds at these higher altitudes. 

 Its nest, however, has not yet been found by anyone. 



423. Acanthopneuste plunibeitarsus. Middendorff's 

 Willow- Warbler. 



Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Sioinh. Ibis, 1861, p. 330; Hume $ Dav. 



S. F. vi, p. 355 ; Brooks, S. F. vii, p. 508 ; Hume, Cat. no. 558 bis ; 



Brooks, S. F. viii, p. 385 ; Binyham, S. F. ix, p. 187 ; Seebohm, Cat. 



B. M. v, p. 45 ; Oates, S. F. x, p. 222 ; id. B. B. i, p. 79. 

 Phylloscopus seebohmi, Hume, S. F. v, p. 335 (1877) ; HumefyDav. 



S. F. vi, p. 356 ; Hume, Cat. no. 558 ter. 

 Phylloscopus viridanus, Blyth, apud Hume fy Dav. S. F. vi, p. 356 ; 



Hume, S. F. xi, p. 219. 



