Ornithological Notes from Afghanistan. 59 
(516) AcRrocEPpHaLus puMEToRUM, Blyth. 
One specimen obtained out of a pair observed on the 13th 
May—probably migrating ; for I never met with the species 
again. 
Tris pale yellowish brown; maxilla dark, mandible pale ; 
legs pale brownish, soles greenish white. 
Length 5°75, wing 2°50 inches. 
A. agricola (Jerdon), according to that author, appears to 
have been obtained in Afghanistan; but I did not meet with 
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(554) PHytioscorus * rristis, Blyth. 
Phylloscopus tristis, Blyth, Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 97. 
One female, obtained on the 26th May at Byan Kheyl. 
(560) PHyLLoscoPus VIRIDANUS. 
Phylloscopus viridanus, Blyth, J. A.S. B. xu. p. 967; See- 
bohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 73. 
Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 330. 
One example shot at Byan Kheyl on the 28th June. 
Mr. Seebohm informs me that, in his matured opinion, 
P. plumbeitarsus, Swinhoe, is identical with Blyth’s species. 
(562) Puytuoscorus 1npicus (Jerdon). 
Phylloscopus indicus, Jerdon, Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 87. 
Common. It was breeding throughout May and June; 
but the eggs were not obtained. 
(566 dis) PHYLLOSCOPUS SUBVIRIDIS. 
Reguloides subviridis, Brooks, P. A. 8. B. 1872, p. 148; 
Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 106. 
Common in the Hariab valley. A female shot on the 
20th May contained eggs ready for laying. 
Iris dark brown; bill horn-colour, paler beneath ; legs 
pale brown. 
(582) Syzvia arrinis, Blyth. 
Arrived in Hariab about the beginning of May. It was 
very common and was breeding by the 27th May. All the 
* T am indebted to Mr. Seebohm for determining the specimens of this 
genus in my collection. 
