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Upper mandible dark brown, tlie lower liorny yellow ; tarsi 

 fleshy, or greenish brown ; toes dark brown ; soles lemon 

 3'ellow. 



Tickell's Willow Warbler was obtained in the valley of Nepal 

 in October, and from the middle of March to the middle of 

 May. It was tolerably common in the pine trees of the 

 Residency grounds. 



564.— Reguloides trochiloides, Sund. 



Two males, Valley, 19M and 215/ May. — Length, 4-3 and 

 4-4 j expanse, 6-7 and 7-2; wing, 2-23 and 2-4; 1;ail, 1-8 and 

 1-85; tarsus, 0-7; bill from gape, 0-54; bill at front, 0-35 j 

 closed wings short of tail, 0\S. 



Upper mandible brownish black, the lower deep yellow ; irides 

 dark brown ; gape greenish yellow ; feet livid brownish. 



This species was only obtained in the Sheopnri Forest, in 

 May, at an elevation of about 6,500 feet. It frequented tree 

 bushes, and had the usual lively leaf-searching manners of its 

 tribe. Although not actually observed there, it no doubt fre- 

 quents the central woods of the valley for a short time on its 

 migrations, like the other species of Phylloscopus. 



565 bis. — Reguloides humii, Brooks. 



Eleven males. — Length, 4*0 to 4*3 ; expanse, 6'5 to 7-0 ; 

 wing, 2-2 to 2-34; tail, 1-6 to 1*92 ; tarsus, 075 to 0-8; bill 

 from gape, 0*46 to 0'5 ; bill at front, 0-25 to 0*35 ; closed 

 wings short of tail, 0'6 to 0*9. 



Nine females. — Length, 3*7 to 4*1; expanse, 6'15 to Q'Q ; 

 wing, 2-0 to 2-ie ; tail, 1*5 to 1-7; tarsus, 0-67 to 0*75; bill 

 from gape, 0*45 to 0*5 ,• bill at front, 0*25 to 0*34; closed 

 wings short of tail, 06 to 0'8. 



Bill dusky ; the base of the lower mandible deep yellow, 

 greenish, or brown ; irides dark brown ; feet dark brown, the 

 soles greenish yellow ; claws dusky horny ; the gape pale 

 yellow. 



These twenty specimens were shat in the valley between the 

 30th October and the 18th April All are clearly referable to 

 the form described by Mr. Brooks (8. F., VII., p. 131) under 

 the name of Reguloides humii. The fourth and fifth primaries 

 are longest ; the third slightly shorter than the fourth, and the 

 second 0'25 shorter than the third ; the top of the head is 

 brown, sometimes tinged with olive ; the supercilium is fulvous 

 or pale buff; the coronal streak is only faintly shown in some 

 specimens, in the majority it cannot be traced. 



The fact that all these Nepal birds agree with the form call>- 

 ed by Mr. Brooks humii, seems to strengthen his contention 



