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In its habits it is arboreal, frequenting the dense foliage of 

 trees, feeding on insects which are found on the leaves. Its 

 call-note is double and sibilant. Its nest and eggs are as yet 

 unknown. 



149. LAEGE-BILLED WILLOW- WARBLER. 

 PHYLLOSCOPUS MAGNIROSTRIS. 



Phylloscopus magnirostris, Blyth, J.A.S. Beng. xii. p. 966(1843) ; Legge, 

 B. of Ceylon, p. 553 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 47 ; Pleske, 

 Prjevalsky's Reisen, Vogel, ii. p. 110; (Gates), F. Brit. Ind. Birds, 

 i. p. 415. 



ad. (Kashmir). Upper parts olive-green, head darker ; under parts 

 pale yellow washed with grey on the breast and flanks ; a well defined 

 eye-streak and two bars on the wings yellowish white ; axillaries and 

 under wing-coverts greyish yellow ; bill horn-brown ; legs flesh colour ; 

 iris earth-brown. Culmen 0'55, wing 2*7, tail 2'2, tarsus 0*75 inch ; 1st 

 primary large 0'7 long, the 2nd intermediate between the 7th and 8th. 



. The Himalayas and as far east as Kan-su, wintering in 

 India as far south as Ceylon and the Andaman islands, and 

 east to Shillong ; occurs though rarely, in Burma. 



It frequents wooded cliffs or steep rocky banks above 

 water, and is shy and unobtrusive. Its song is said to be 

 shrill, peculiarly melancholy but of singular sweetness, and 

 above a roaring torrent it appears in its element and sings 

 most vigorously. It is known to breed in Kashmir, but its 

 nest and eggs are unknown. 



150. BLYTH'S WILLOW- WARBLER. 

 PHYLLOSCOPUS LUGUBRIS. 



Pliylloscopus litgubris, (Blyth), Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. i. xii. p. 98 (1843) ; 

 Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 48 ; Pleske, Prjevalsky's Reisen, 

 Vogel, ii. p. Ill ; (Gates), F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 417. 



<J ad. (Himalayas). Resembles P. magnirostris but is darker and 

 smaller and has the 2nd primary intermediate between the 9th and 10th, 

 the Istprimary being very long, occasionally 0'8 in length, the 4th and 5th 

 longest. Culmen 0'5, wing 2*6, tail 2'1, tarsus 0'75 inch. 



Hob. Sikhim in summer and probably in other parts of the 

 Himalayas, wintering in Bengal, Assam, and central Tenasserim, 

 and has been recorded from the Philippines ; eastward, it was 



