480 ORNITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN BIKHIM, 



a small Tamarisk jungle adjoining the Babools they were much 

 more numerous. Neai'er the water were some wheat crops, 

 and in them I saw a number of P. trisiis. Mixed with the 

 wheat was some mustard, and this was the attraction for the 

 chiff-chaff. 



554 bis. — Phylloscopus neglectus, Mume. 



As I have already described the finding of this little bird 

 I need not say more on that head. 



Males measure from ... ... 3*75 to 4'10 



Females „ „ ... ... 37 to 3 85 



Wings of males ... ... 2 to 2*1 



„ „ females ... ... 1"85 to 195 



Tails of males ... ... 1'58 to 165 



„ „ females ... ... 1"51 to 1*55 



Tarsi of males ... ' ... '72 to '75 



„ „ females ... ... '7 



Bill at front ... ... "27 to '28 



The eye is the full dark one of a Phylloscopus, and not 

 the yellow brown one of a Curruca. The plumage, as des- 

 cribed by Mr. Hume. The upper plumage is greyish brown 

 like H. rama, and the lower parts are greyish white. A few 

 have the superclium and the forehead slightly tinged with 

 yellowish. Bill, legs and feet very dark brown, almost 

 black. 



It is the most timid and watchful little sylvia I ever met 



with. The moment it hears the intruder, it begins to mount 



^ its bush vigorously, uttering its cheering note; as soon as it 



S sees one, it flies, and the only way to get it is to run in the 



direction of the sound and take a snap shot the moment you 



get a glimpse of it. 



558.~Phylloscopus lugubris, Blyth, 



I obtained a few in the Sikhim Terai in January. It has a 

 distinct note of its own, quite different from that of viridanus. 

 It is not found in North- Western India. 



561.— Phylloscopus affinis, Tick, 



I obtained a few near Darjeeling. It seems to prefer bush 

 jungle to trees. 



565.— Reguloides superciliosus, Gm. 



Tolerably common at Punkabaree in December and Janu- 

 ary. I heard it below Jelapahar at Darjeeling, and also at 

 Kurseong in December. In the Sikhim Terai it was more 

 common. 



