352 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



Major Godwin- Austen thus describes the species, J. A. S. B., 

 XLIIL, 1874, 167. 



" Above brownish olivaceous ; tail umber brown, and rather 

 more rusty brown on wing* ; pale line through lores over eye ; 

 below dusky whity brown, paler on the chin; a pale ring round 

 eye and a slight tinge of yellow on inside of shoulder of wing. 

 Length, 4"75 ; wing, 2*1 ; tail, 2'3; tarsus, 0"8 ; bill at front, 

 0-38/' 



Lord Tweeddale remarks of a specimen obtained by Ramsay 

 in Karennee : — 



" In all respects identical with Shillong, Naga Hills, Assam, 

 and Uarjeeling examples, excepting that the entire under-surface 

 is more decidedly tinged with pale sordid yellow. iV. assimilis 

 can be readily distinguished from N. flavolivacea, by its shorter 

 wing and tail, weaker and much shorter bill, and by having the 

 under shoulder-coverts pure sulphur-yellow/' 



These descriptions do not absolutely agree, especially as regards 

 the amount of yellow on the under-surface of the wing, and 

 there are two or three forms very close to each other, differing only 

 in small particulars, to all of which these descriptions apply pret- 

 ty equally well, except so far as the amount of yellow on the 

 under-surface of the wing is concerned, and I cannot pretend 

 at present to offer any opinion of my own as to whether we have 

 one, two or three species, and if more than one, whether " brevi- 

 caudatcC is really identical with assimilis. We obtained no 

 bird of this sub-group in Tenasserim. 



555.— Phylloscopus fuscatus, Blyth. (8). 



Kyouk-nyat ; Dargwin ; Pahpoon. 



A cold weather visitant to the northernmost portions of the 

 province. 



Davison has as yet paid no attention to the Phylloscopi, and 

 my present ideas as to their distribution may prove quite errone- 

 ous. 



556.— Phylloscopus magnirostris, Blyth. (3\ 



Thatone ; Wimpong. 



A rare cold weather visitant to the central portions of the 

 province. 



556 bis. — Phylloscopus borealis, Blasius. (5.) 



Shymotec ; Bankasoon ; Malewoon. 



A cold weather visitant to the southern half of the province. 

 I think 1 cannot do better than commence by quoting Mr. 

 Seebohm's excellent description of this species : — 

 " BUI large ; under mandible pale." 



