102 P&YLL08GOPUS 



Hcib. The Ural, the Altai, the Himalayas, Turkestan, 

 Yarkand, and Gilgit, wintering in India as far east as Calcutta, 

 and as far south as Ceylon; has been obtained thrice as far 

 west as Heligoland and once in England. 



In its habits it resembles P. nitidus but is often seen 

 amongst bushes. Its call note is a short psi, psi, and its song 

 is said to be a very loud and strong trill. Its nest is domed 

 and is placed on the ground, but its eggs are unknown. 



147. PALE-LEGGED WILLOW- WARBLER. 

 PHYLLOSCOPUS TENELLIPES. 



Phylloscopus tenellipes, Swinhoe, Ibis. p. 53, 1860 ; David and Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 269 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 46 ; Gates, B. 

 of Burma, i. p. 81, (id.) F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i.-p. 416. 



ad. (Burma). Upper parts olive-brown washed with russet on the 

 rump ; under parts white washed with greyish buff on the breast, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts ; eye-stripe greyish white, and wings crossed with 

 two buffy white bars ; upper mandible dark brown, lower mandible pale ; 

 legs pale flesh colour. Culmen 0'5, wing 2'45, tail 2'0, tarsus 0'72 inch ; 

 bastard primary 0'5, 2nd equal to the 7th, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th longest. 

 In the summer the plumage is greyer and the wing-bars less distinct, and 

 in the winter the plumage is buffer in tinge. 



Hob. Japan, and passes through China on migration, winter- 

 ing in Burma. 



I find nothing on record respecting the habits of this bird, 

 which are probably similar to those of its congeners, and its 

 breeding habits are unknown. 



148. MIDDENDORFF'S WILLOW- WARBLER. 

 PHYLLOSCOPUS PLUMBEITARSUS. 



Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Swinhoe, Ibis. p. 330 1861 ; Seebohm, Cat. 

 B. Br. Mus. v. p. 45 ; P. intermedia, Severtz. Turk. Jevot. p. 125. 



ad. (Turkestan). Differs from P. viridanus in having two wing-bars. 

 Culmen 0'5, wing 2'2, tail T7, tarsus 0*7 inch ; 1st primary 0'5 to 0*7 long, 

 the 2nd intermediate between the 7th and 8th or equal to the 8th. The 

 present is a somewhat doubtful species differing but little from P. 

 riridanus. 



Hob. Asia from Turkestan to southern Siberia, wintering in 

 Cochin China and Burma. 



