BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 353 



l{ Upper parts greenish brown, dashed* all over, especially on 

 the rump, with yellowish green ; wings and tail greenish brown, 

 with the outside edges of each feather broadly margined with 

 yellowish green, superciliary streak extending to the nape." 



" Head the same color as the back."" 



" Under parts nearly white, slightly dashed with yellow and 

 grey on the breast and flanks ; axillaries, wing-lining, and 

 thighs pale yellow. After the autumn moult the whole of the 

 under parts are pale yellow, dashed with grey on the breast and 

 flanks." 



" Third and fourth primaries longest ; fifth considerably 

 shorter ; sixth very considerably shorter still ; second interme- 

 diate in length between the fifth and sixth."" 



" The bastard primary very small.\ The exposed part mea- 

 sures *3 to "35 in adults, and '4 to "45 in birds of the year/' 



"First wing bar distinct. Sometimes traces of second wing 

 bar in birds of the year." 



"Length of wing.— Male, 2-70 to 2-55 ; female, 255 to2'40." 



"Length of tail.— Male, 2-00 to 1-90 ; female, 1-90 to 1-80." 



tl Legs and claws brown." 



" The very small bastard primary of this species serves to dis- 

 tinguish adults from every other species of the genus, except P. 

 sibilatrix, with which bird it cannot possibly be coufounded." 



I would only add to this that in some specimens, for in- 

 stance one killed on the 11th December, there is absolutely no 

 trace of even the first wing bar, and that the color of the upper 

 parts is quite as often a very dull greyish olive green as a yel- 

 lowish green. 



556 ter. — Phylloscopus schwarzi, Radde. (6). Descr. 

 S. F., II., 505 ; V., 134. 



Pahpoon ; Wimpong ; Kaukaryit, Houngthraw R. ; Larthorgee. 



Generally but sparsely distributed throughout the northern 

 half of the province, not however ascending the higher hills. 



[This species feeds almost entirely on the ground ; it is seen 

 sometimes solitary, sometimes in pairs, and sometimes three or 

 four together. It keeps as a rule to the undergrowth of the 

 forests. "When disturbed it flies into some small shrub, and 

 makes its way to the opposite side, and if all seems quiet, drops 

 again to the ground and begins pecking and hopping about among 

 the dead leaves : it continually utters a soft low note, that 

 might be syllablized chit, chit, chit, oft repeated. On one 

 occasion I shot a specimen in some thick grass. — W. D.] 



For " dashed" read " suffused" or " overlaid," passim. — Ed., S. F. 

 1 1 should say " narrow." — Ed., S. F. 



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