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567.—Reguloides viridipennis, Blyth. 
Specimen shot between Tam and Tadlik, 17th August.—Expanse, 
6°9 ; wing, 2°25; tail, 1:6 ; tarsus, 0°8 ; closed wings fall short 
of tail, 0°65 ; weight, 0°25 oz. Bull, dusky above, edges of 
gape orange yellow ; irides, dark brown ; legs, dusky ; feet, 
greenish brown ; claws, dusky—yellow at tips. 
This species was very numerous in the sinall bushes near 
Tadlik ; elevation about 9,000 feet. 
581 A.—Nisoria undata, Bonap. 
Two males shot at Yarkand in June..—Length, 6°85 to 7:0; 
expanse, 10°8 to 10°85 ; wing, 3:6; tail, 3 to 3:15; tarsus, 0:9; 
bill, from gape, 0°66 to 0°73; closed wings fall short of tail, 
ae 5 to 1:6; weight 0°8 oz. to 0:9 oz. Bill, dusky or oreyish 
black ; ines lower mandible, yellowish horny at base; irides, 
golden yellow; legs and feet, light yellowish ; claws, dusky. 
Nestling preserved at Varkand, 14th June.—Length, 44; 
expanse, 8°4; wing, 2°55; tail, 1:3; tarsus, 1-0 ; bill, from cape, 
0:7; closed wings fall sia of tail, 0°65 ; weight, 0: 5 oz. Bill, 
black ; lower mandible orey at base ; ; edges of gape, yellowish ; 
legs and feet, light grey ; claws, dusky | horny. 
The Barred Warbler arrives about the neighbourhood of 
Yarkand in May, and probably migrates about September ; it 
is never seen in the country during the winter. It is a very 
restless bird, and has a great knack of concealing itself, as a 
rule, only taking short flights ; ; it frequents or chards, vine 
“bachs,” and crenerally places where trees or bushes grow 
thickly together. This species has a beautiful and melodious 
song and is hence called by the Yarkandis Bulbul. 
WV. undata breeds in May and June, the nest being placed in 
rose or thorn bushes; it lays four or five eggs, the latter being 
the more usual number and apparently the full complement. On 
the 3lst May I found a nest of this species in a thick rose 
bush about two feet above the ground, and completely screened 
over by the upper leaves of the bush which was about three 
feet high; there were numerous other nests near in the same 
sort of situations, one only about a yard from the one I re- 
moved. ‘The nest is roughly made up of twigs and fibres, and 
measures about 4°8 by 4:5. ‘fhe egg cavity is a neat oval cup 
three inches in length by 2°5 in breadth. It is neatly lined 
with fine fibres closely interwoven. ‘This nest contained five 
eggs. Subsequently I got three other nests which contained— 
the first, four eggs ; the second, five; the third, four. These nests 
are of an oval shape, about 4 inches in length by 3°5 in breadth ; 
the egg cavities are deepish oval cups about 3 inches in length 
by from 2 to 2°5 in breadth, and from 1°3 to 15 in depth. 
