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and the centre of the abdomen is a purer yellow than I have 

 ever seen in Indian indious ; the bill is a trifle broader also than 

 indicus. The superciliary stripe is buffy, as in indieus ; the wing 

 Hiring and under tail-coverts are precisely as in this species, 

 but the throat is whiter and less buffy ; the breast and 

 flanks are somewhat differently coloured, and the centre of the 

 abdomen, as already mentioned, is a sort of greyish yellow. 

 In some respects the bird is intermediate between indicus and 

 affinis, while it is almost identical on the upper surface with 

 schwarzi. 



The dimensions were as follow: — Length, 5*35; expanse, 

 7*50; wing, 2*3 ; tail from vent, 2*32; tarsus, 0-86; bill from 

 gape, 0'63. 



Bill horny above, below fleshy yellowish white; gape 

 yellowish ; iris dark brown ; legs yellowish ; feet tinged plumbe- 

 ous ; claws horny. 



Mr. Hume and I both think that for the present this must 

 be accepted as an abnormally coloured and abnormally small 

 schwarzi, although if other similar specimens should be 

 obtained, it may deserve specific separation. Mr. Brooks, to 

 whom also the specimen, a singularly perfect and beautiful one, 

 was submitted, remarks as follows : — 



It is an undoubted example of P. schwarzi from its gener- 

 ally smaller appearance, viz., in bill, wing, tail, and tarsus. I 

 should certainly take it to be a female. Compare it with the 

 first Paphoon female that you obtained. I think the colora- 

 tion will be found to correspond fairly well. The points of 

 identity I go by are : — (1), the fine long supercilium reaching to 

 the very nape; (2), dark eye band; (3), the schwarzi leg and 

 foot ; (4), schwarzi yellow buff tail-coverts contrasting with the 

 rest of the plumage. In upper surface it is unmistakably 

 identical. Cheeks are identical. 



"I don't understand the variation of lower surface, some being 

 white and some yellow, as a Locustella, but I have seen the 

 same variation in other collections. It may be that yellow 

 indicates last year's nestlings, or may be peculiar to the female. 

 Nothing but further research can settle the point. I think there 

 is the same difference to be observed in the bills of male and 

 female P. magnirostris ; but even if correctly sexed,* which 

 I very much doubt, it is decided schwarzi; 9th July 1880." 



558 bis.— Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Swinh. 



Two specimens were obtained in the Thoungyeen valley, 

 unfortunately both males. Their dimensions in the flesh were 

 respectively : — Lengths, 4*55 and 4"15 ; expanse, 71 and 6 8 ; 



* I am positive I sexed the bird correctly.— C. T. B. 



