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In its habits it is wild and shy and keeps itself well concealed 

 amongst the foliage. Its song is peculiar, consisting of three 

 clear notes mi-rd-do, uttered softly. In the pairing season the 

 males are extremely quarrelsome. 



145. BRIGHT GREEN WILLOW-WARBLER. 

 PHYLLOSCOPUS NITIDUS. 



Pkyltoscopus nitidus, Blyth, J.A.S. Bong. xii. p. 965 (1843) ; Pleske, 

 Orn. Ross. ii. p. 172, pi. ii. fig. 2 ; Dresser, ix, p. 83, pi. 651, fig. 2 ; 

 (Gates), F. Brit, Intl. Birds, i. p. 413. 



<$ ad. (India). Crown and upper parts bright green ; under parts and 

 superciliary stripe sulphur-yellow ; wing crossed by two distinct yellowish 

 bands ; bill brown, flesh coloured at base of lower mandible ; legs 

 plumbeous brown ; iris dark brown. Culmen 0*5, wing 2'4, tail 1'9, 

 tarsus O7 inch ; 2nd primary shorter than than the 6th. 



Hal. The Crimea, Transcaspia, the Caucasus, and the 

 Himalayas, and has once occurred in Heligoland ; winters in 

 India as far south as Ceylon. 



In general habits it resembles" the other species of Willow- 

 Warblers, frequenting woods and groves, feeding on insects 

 which it obtains amongst the foliage, and is lively in its 

 movements and not shy. Its call-note resembles that of 

 Motacilla flava, but I do not find any description of its song. 

 It breeds in the Caucasus but its nest and eggs appear to be 

 unknown. 



146. GREENISH WILLOW- WARBLER. 

 PHYLLOSCOPUS VIRIDANUS. 



Phylloscopus viridanus, Blyth, J.A.S. Beng. xii. p. 967 (1843) : Hume 

 and Renders, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 220, pi. xix ; Pleske, Orn. 

 Ross. p. 176, Taf. ii. fig. 3 ; Dresser, ix. p. 87, pi. 651 fig. 1 ; 

 Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 44 ; (Gates), F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. 

 p. 414 ; Lilford, iii. p. 66, pi. 33 ; P. middendorffii, Meves, Ofv. K. 

 Vet. Ak. Forh. 1871, p. 758, Taf. xv. fig. 1. 



act. (India). Differs from P. nitidus in being darker and more 

 olivaceous on the upper parts, the eye-streak is buffy yellow, the wing is 

 crossed by a single dull white band and the under parts are white washed 

 with pale greenish buff. In the autumn the upper parts are greener and 

 the under parts more yellow. Culmen O5, wing 2'35, tail 1'75, tarsus 

 0'75 inch ; 2nd primary intermediate between the 7th and 8th, the 3rd, 

 4th, and 5th longest. 



