224 PHYLLOSCOPIN.E. 



rate ; bastard primary extending beyond or shorter than the 

 primary coverts ; third and fourth quills longest ; tail even or 

 rounded. 



Hypolais rama, Syke-s. 



553. Phyllopneuste rama, Sykes. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. 



II, p. 189 ; Butler, Guzerat ; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 486 ; 



Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 407 ; Murray's Vertebrate 



Zoology of Sind, p. 157 ; Swinhoe and Barnes, Central India; 



Ibis, 1885, p. 126. 



SYKES' TREE WARBLER. 



Length, 5 ; expanse, 7'5 ; wing, 2'5 ; tail, 2 ; tarsus, 075 ; bill 

 at front, 0'4. 



Bill dusky, fleshy at base below ; irides dark-brown ; legs 

 light brown. 



Above, uniform light greyish-brown ; below pale or albescent, 

 passing into white on the chin, middle of belly, and vent ; lores 

 continued as a slight streak passing over the eye, and the orbital 

 feathers pale. 



Sykes' Tree Warbler occurs more or less commonly in all parts 

 of the Presidency. In Sind it is a permanent resident, breeding 

 from March to July. The nest is placed in the centre of a dense 

 stunted tamarisk or other bush, and is composed externally of 

 coarse grass, lined with soft sedges and finer grass. The eggs, four 

 in number, are broadish ovals, white, with brown spots and hair- 

 like lines twined around the large end. They average 0'61 inches 

 in length by 0'49 in breadth. 



Hypolais caligata, Eversm. 



553bis. Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 158 ; Butler, 

 Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 407. 



THE BOOTED TREE WARBLER. 



Length, 4'5 to 5 ; expanse, 6'5 to 7 ; wing, 2*22 to 2*32 ; tail, 

 1-9 to 21 ; tarsus, 0'8 ; bill at front, 0'35 to 0'39 ; bill from gape 

 0-55 to 0-62. 



Bill, upper mandible dark-brown, with the edges light ; lower 

 mandible flesh-colored, rather dusky towards the tip ; irides 

 hazel-brown ; legs and feet fleshy-grey, in some tinged yellowish, 

 expecially on the soles, in some glaucous. 



Feathers of the head, nape, back, and scapulars, lax hair-brown, 

 tinged towards the margins with a paler, slightly rufous or 

 fulvous-brown (the whole in some specimens with a faint shade of 

 olive) ; rump paler and rather more rufous in tone ; upper 

 tail-coverts hair-brown, with lighter fulvous-brown edges ; tail 

 dark-brown, all but the two outermost rectrices very narrow- 

 ly margined with pale fulvous or greyish- white ; outermost 

 feather on each side, with the whole of the outer web, dull or 

 greyish -white ; tips and internal margin also greyish- white ; rec- 



