508 A FEW NOTES ON PHYLLOSCOPUS PLTJMBEITARSUS, 



all he did publish. But then, again, which were the three he did 

 not publish, and for which JForster's names will anyhow 

 stand ? 



Anyone at home, having access to a library in which this 

 first edition is contained, could answer all these questions, and 

 solve all our difficulties in a few minutes, and it is to be hoped 

 that the spirit will move some one at home to do this. 



A. 0. H. 



fefo notes arc fljglloscops glttrnkitotra, ^foinljoe, ml 

 J Jgtecops biribaiius, §lgt(j. 



By W. Edwin Brooks. 



My friend Mr. Seebohm has lately done such good work, 

 and has brought such a number of interesting ornithological 

 facts to light, that I feel much reluctance in opposing one 

 of his recent conclusions. But it is every one's duty to do his 

 best to clear away mistakes, including his own when he finds 

 them out, and for the sake of science we should never 

 hesitate to controvert a friend's conclusions. With this little 

 apology 1 begin my task. 



In Vol VII., of Stray Feathers, page 454, Mr. Seebohm 

 says : " I am also nearly sure that Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus 

 will prove to be the summer plumage of Phylloscopus virida- 

 nns. This bird will then breed abundantly from the Ural 

 to Lake Baikal, and winter in India and Burmah/' and the 

 Editor adds : " I think this view will require confirmation." 



When such a conclusion appears in print, a few remarks 

 are absolutely necessary, and I am in the better position to 

 submit these, in that Mr. Hume has kindly sent me for 

 examination a batch of Phylloscopi (all collected during Decem- 

 ber at Moulmein, by his curator Mr. W. Davison,) containing 

 numerous specimens of plumb eitarsus. In fact the lot inclu- 

 ding 89 specimens, consisted of: — 



