THE PUNJAB, AND SIND, 477 



primaries, secondaries and tail feathers generally observable in 

 P. tristis ; no greenish tinge on rump, as in tristis : like 

 P. neglectus and H. rama, the uniform light greyish brown 

 upper surface is characteristic : in form of bill this bird is a 

 pure Phylloscopus, like tristis. By a pure Phylloscopine bill, I 

 mean a thin slender one, not a broad one, as in nitidus and 

 viridanus. 



The bill of sindianus is dark brown, and yellowish towards 

 base of lower mandible ; legs and feet dark brown ; irides 

 dark brown. 



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The Snd 

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 longest. 



This bird much resembles P. tristis, but conspicuously differs 

 as noted in the description. The females have still less yellow 

 under the wing than the males, and some show quite white 

 there. 



The longer, broader and less pointed first or bastard primary 

 is a good mark by which to distinguish our bird from a pale 

 tristis. Sometimes tristis is pale altogether, and as slightly 

 yellow and green as sindianus, and then attention to the 

 size and shape of this small feather is of use. 



The note of the new bird is a loud, clear, truly Phylloscopine 

 tis-yip, shriller than that of trocliilus and much louder. As 

 well as I remember, the " too-wit" of Reguloides occipitalis, 

 the note it always utters when an intruder comes near, is 

 very similar to the common note of sindianus. Its note is 

 most striking, and can be heard easily quarter of a mile away. 

 Tristis has no such note, only a faint, shrill, sibilant note some- 

 what like that of a creeper or hedge accentor. I don't refer 

 to song at all, and have not heard the song of the new bird, 

 if it has one. 



I discovered P. sindianus near Sukhur in the following 

 manner : — About two miles from the town, and near the river 

 where a long backwater flows in from the Indus, there is a 

 very extensive Babool Avood of fine old trees, which are now 



