DESCRIPTION OF ANOTHER NEW REGULOIDES. 



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Wing ban. 



Both distinct 

 and dull yellow. 



As in prore- 

 gulus, but up- 

 per one not so 

 distinct. 



Lower one 



distinct and dull 

 yellowish, up- 

 per oi.e indis- 

 tinct and of 

 the green co- 

 le rur of upper 

 plumage. It, 

 however, some- 

 times fades to 

 whitish and 

 then two dis- 

 tinct bars are 

 shown. 



Dull yellowish, 

 US in humii, 

 upper one 



greenish, and 

 indistinct. 



Lower one 

 dull orange 

 yellow, upper 

 one greenish 

 and indistinct. 



Clear & pale 

 yellow, upper 

 one is a fit tie 

 duller and in- 

 clined to 

 greenish. 



Pale yellow- 

 ish, as a rule 

 both upper and 

 lower one dis- 

 tinct, but in 

 new feather the 

 upper is of the 

 greenish colour 

 of back, but it 

 soon fades to 

 whitish. 



EUglngs to 

 Tertiah. 



Dull yellowish 

 white, a conti- 

 nuous border to 

 outer edge of 

 feather. 



A%in proregu- 

 lus. 



As in the two 

 above, and per- 

 haps better de- 

 fined as a rule. 



Preoiaely a»in 

 humii, proregu- 

 his and subviri- 

 dis. 



The pale green- 

 ish white forms 

 a drop or spot 

 of oval shape at 

 outer ei.d of 

 feather. 



An oval drop 

 at outer end of 

 feather as in 

 erochroa. 



Edging to ter- 

 tials, a continu- 

 ous outer bor- 

 der as in humii, 

 proregulas and 

 suhmridis and 

 mandelUi.'Vhe.ve 

 are also little 

 bright white 

 tips to seconda- 

 ries and some 

 of the prima- 

 ries. 



Legs and feet. 



Slender and 

 pale brown. 



Pale brown 

 and slender. 



Dark brown 

 or dark j/reyish 

 browu, and 

 strongly made. 



Note. 



Pale yellow 

 brown, soles of 

 feet yellower. 



Pale brown 

 and sometimes 

 tinged strongly 

 with plmnbeous 

 as in viridanus. 



Generally 

 pale yellow 

 brown, feet 

 paler, with yel- 

 low soles. 



Very feeble 

 axiARegulus-Vike 



A distinct 

 "tisyip" or true 

 Phylloscopine 

 call of two notes, 

 the latter one 

 rising consider- 

 ably. The call 

 is feeble, shrill 

 and tinkling. 



A pure fhyllos- 

 copiiie "tisyip" 

 or double slur- 

 red note, clear, 

 sharp and ring- 

 ing; very loud 

 for the bird. 



A chirp, utter- 

 ly unlike that 

 of humii. In 

 other words, it 

 is not Fhyllos- 

 c opine. 



A chirp, and 

 not I'hyllosco- 

 pine. 



A feeble Regu- 

 Z«s-like chirp 

 often repeated. 



Very pale A prolonged 

 yellowish brown shrill one, not 

 and soles of unlike that of a 



feet often quite 

 yellow. 



Yellow Wagtail, 

 but less clear, 

 Mr. Seebohm, 

 aptly cidls it 

 " weest." 



Semarks, 



A hill species, moving only 

 from the Alpine districts to 

 the Lower Himalayas in 



winter. 



A migrant, coming to the 

 plains of North-Western In- 

 dia in the cold weather. It 

 arrives a month later than J2. 

 humii. It has been procured 

 at Gilgit in Cashmere iu April. 



Migratory, breeding iu the 

 Alpine Himalayas in sum- 

 mer, and spreading all over 

 the plains of ludia in the 

 wittter. 



Appears to be a permanent 

 hill species. It has only as yet 

 been obtained at Uarjeelinti 

 and Shillong. There are no 

 ti-hite feathers in the tail. The 

 lower Furface is much more 

 tinged with yellow than in 

 humii, and altogether it is a 

 bird of much richer and bright- 

 er coloration. 



A hill species, retiring from 

 the Alpine districts to the 

 lower hills in winter. It hat 

 white lateral feathers in the 

 tail. 



A permanent hill species, 

 breeding in the Alpine districts 

 and retiring to the lower hillg 

 in winter. It has white lateral 

 feathers in the tail. The breast 

 is rale grey. 



Strictly a migrant, breeding 

 in Siberia and coming to the 

 plains of India and Burmah 

 for the winter. It is also 

 found in China iu winter. It 

 probably extends to Southern 

 India. 



