354 BIRDS OF TENASSEEIM. 



The following are the dimensions and colors of the soft parts of 

 two males and three females recorded in the flesh : — 



Males. — Length, 5 5 to 5 6 ; expanse, 7 9 to 8 1 ; tail from vent, 

 2-25 to 2-3; wing, 2-6 to 2-62 ; tarsus, 0-86 toO'9; bill from 

 gape, 58 to 06 ; weight, 0'4 to 4"5 oz. 



Females. — Length, 5'2 to 5"62 ; expanse, 71 to 79 ; tail from 

 vent, 1*9 to 2*45 ; wing, 2-3 to 25 ; tarsus, - 8 to 9 ; bill from 

 gape, 6 to 0-65 ; weight, 03 to 0"4 oz. 



The legs, feet and elaws are yellowish fleshy ; the upper man- 

 dible pale brown ; lower mandible yellowish fleshy ; irides deep 

 brown. 



556 quat. — Phylloscopus tenellipes, Swinh. (4). 



Xyouk-nyat ; Moulmein ; Amherst ; Bankasoon. 



Sparingly distributed throughout the province during the 

 cold season. 



Here again in view to the advantage of preserving one uni- 

 form plan in the description of the Phylloscopi, I will com- 

 mence by quoting Mr. Seebohm's description of this species : — 



" Bill large ; under mandible p^le./^*^ 



il Tipper parts greyish brown, dashed all over, especially on the 

 rump, with yellowish green ; wings and tail greyish brown, with 

 the outside edge of each feather broadly margined with yellowish 

 green ; pale greenish white superciliary streak, very sharply 

 defined, and extending to the nape. 



" Head same colour 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. 



" Third and fourth primaries longest ; fifth a shade shorter ; 

 sixth, seventh, and eighth each considerably shorter than the 

 preceding ; second primary intermediate in length between the 

 seventh and eighth. 



tl Bastard primary rather large, the exposed part measuring 

 •5 in small females to "58 to "65 in males. 



" First wing bar distinct ; upper bar generally equally so. 



"Length of wing.— Male, 2-50 to 2-35 ; female, 2-35 to 2-2. 



"Length of tail.— Male, 2"05 to 1-8 ; female, 1-8. 



"Legs and claws lead colour." 



I should say that the greater part of the back, upper tail-cov- 

 erts, and outer margins of tail feathers were a somewhat rufescent 

 yellowish olive, rather than yellowish olive green. It is the 

 peculiar tint of these parts which distinguishes the bird at a 

 glance from all other species. Mr. Seebohm remarks that he has 

 never heard of but two specimens of this species. I am for- 

 tunate in now possessing one of these types obtained by 



