148 [August, 



11.^ — On a new species of Eeguloides, — ly W. E. Brooks, C. E., 



Assensole. 



I have, for the last six years, procured specimens of a Iteguloides, 

 which is not uncommon in the North- West Provinces during the 

 cold weather. This hird I took to be Reguloides viridipennis^ 'BXyih, 

 as far as I could judge by the brief description given in Dr. Jerdon's work. 

 Recently, I have had the pleasure of examining Mr. Blyth's type birds 

 of this species, and of reading his original detailed description of it in the 

 Journal of the Asiatic Society, Vol. xxiv, p. 275 ; and I find it to be a species 

 strongly resembling Reguloides trocliiloides, Sundevall, but considerably 

 smaller, and rather brighter coloured. I shall, therefore, call my liitherto 

 undescribed l)ird 



Regulotdes suBYinrDis, n. sp. 



Description. — Above dull light olive green, with the rump and upper tail 

 coverts a shade or two lighter ; but not yellow white and abruptly defined, 

 as in Reguloides proregulus. Lower surface dull albescent, tinged with 

 yellowish. Wings and tail brown ; the primaries, secondaries, and tail 

 feathers, edged with light olive green ; and the tertials with broad whitish 

 margins as in Reguloides superciliosus, but to a rather less extent. The 

 greater or secondary wing covei-ts are brown ; broadly tipped with dull 

 yellowish white, which forms the second wing bar. The smaller wing 

 coverts are edged with light olive green, but the lower, or last row, are 

 tipped with dull yellowish white, which forms the upper or first wing bar. 

 I need hardly observe that in all Regidoides, the first wing bar is very nar- 

 row, and the second one is veiy broad. The coverts to primaries are 

 brown, of a darker shade than the quill feathers, and form a darkish patch 

 beyond the second wing bar. The wing is thus, in its whole appearance, 

 extremely like that of Reguloides super ciliosus. On the crown of the 

 head is a very distinct coronal streak, similar to that of Reguloides pro- 

 regulus, and of the same dull yellow colour. The supercilium is yellow 

 and brighter anteriorly. The cheeks are yellowish, faintly mottled with 

 pale brown. A brownish streak passes through the eye. Irides dark 

 brown. Bill brown, and light yellow brown on lower mandible, except the tip, 

 which is dark, as in the upper one. Legs and feet brown. 



Length, 4 to 4*25 inches, according to sex ; wing 22 to 2*3 of the 

 male, and 2*0 to 2-05 of the female ; tail 1-7 to 1-83 of the male, and 1-5 

 to 1*7 of the female ; bill at front '3 ; tarsus '65 to -7. 



The 4th quill is generally the longest ; 5th a shade shorter ; 3rd short- 

 er than 5th, and intermediate between it and the Gth ; 2nd equal to 8th ; 

 but sometimes intermediate between 8th and 9th. The 4th and 5th are 



