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the forepart of the wing underneath pale yellow; supercilia 

 and plumage beneath greenish albescent. 



This is another winter visitant to the Deccan* 



Reguloides humei, Brooks. 



S656k Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 409. 



THE BROWN-HEADED WILLOW WARBLER. 



Like R. superciliosus, but has the supercilium pale brown* 

 Isji-buff to brownish-white, as in P. tristis ; cheeks strongly tinged 

 with pale ruddy -buff, and seldom having an admixture of yellow ; 

 they are mottled as in the affined species with dark-brown ; top of 

 head brown, rather inclined to olive ; coronal streak very faint, 

 often not visible ; color of top of head at all times blended 

 Into color of back ; back, wings, and tail as in superciliosus, 

 but of less bright green, and yellow tips to the wing-coverts 

 not so pure ; in other respects the plumage much resembles 

 that of supewitiosus. 



Has been procured in the vicinity of Belgaum. 



GENUS, Abrornis, Hodgson. 



Bill wider than in Phylloscopus or Reguloides, depressed, 

 moderately deflected, and distinctly notched ; nostrils conceal* 

 ed ; a few fine rictal setae ; otherwise as in Phylloscopus. 



Abrornis cantator, Tickell. 



570. Culicipeta cantator, Tickell. Jerdon's Birds of India, 



Vol. II, p. 200. 



THE LESSER BLACK-BROWED WARBLER. 



Length, 4'25 ; expanse, 6'25 ; wing, 2'25 ; tail, 175 ; tarsus, 

 0-6. 



Bill light dusky above, amber beneath; irides hazel; legs 

 fleshy-yellow. 



Bright olive-green above, yellow on the wings and tail ; 

 throat, cheeks, supercilia, lower tail -coverts, and margin of the 

 wing, bright yellow ; belly and flanks greyish-white ; a very 

 narrow yellow bar on the wing ; on each side of the crown a 

 broad black band, and an intermediate and narrower greenish 

 one, becoming yellower on the occiput ; upper tertiaries slightly 

 margined at the tips with yellowish-white, and the tail feathers 

 have a very narrow-yellowish white internal border. 



Central India is one of the localities mentioned by Jerdon 

 as frequented by this pretty little warbler. 



SUB-FAMILY, Sylviinse. 



These are a small series of birds, with mostly grey plumage, 

 and frequently marked with black on the head or throat ; bill 

 moderately slender ; wings rather lengthened ; tarsus and feet 

 short, but strong, and with moderately curved claws. 



