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in winter ; others are found in South Africa. Gray, in his List of 

 Genera, places these birds, along with our Calamoher pines and Syl~ 

 viin ce, in his sub- f am. SylviincB. 



I shall commence the series with two birds, each leading to a 

 former group, and the first of which is, by some, classed apart 

 from this sub-family ; but as it has, in my opinion, stronger affini- 

 ties for the birds of the present group, I have preferred keeping 

 it here. 



Gen. Neornis, Hodgson. 



Bill much as in Phylloscopus, i. e. straight, moderately slender, 

 not compressed, with some long hair-like rictal setae ; wings short, 

 much rounded ; tail rather short or moderate, rounded ; tarsus 

 long ; feet moderate, arboreal. Coloring as in Phylloscopus. 



This name, at first applied by Hodgson to Blyth's Culicipeta, was 

 afterwards bestowed by him on the present genus as an aberrant 

 representative of the same form, which clearly showed that he 

 considered it to belong to the present sub-family ; and Blyth 

 also places it here, although he at one time classed it under 

 Dry moica. 



552. Neornis flavolivacea, Hodgson. 



Cat. Birds Nepal, App. p. 152— Blyth, J. A. S., XIV., 590— 

 N. cacharensis, Hodgs. (the young) — Drymoica brevicaudata, 

 Blyth— Blyth, Cat, 814 — Horsf., Cat. 502. 



The Aberrant Tree-Warbler. 



Descr. — Above olive-green ; beneath, and eyebrow, dull greenish 

 yellow ; quills and tail dusky internally. The young bird is duller 

 green above, beneath buffy yellow. 



Bill dusky ; legs pale brown ; irides light brown. Length about 

 5 inches ; wing 2 T \ ; tail 2| ; bill at front nearly £ ; tarsus {£. 



This Tree-Warbler has been found in Nepal and Sikhim. 

 The few specimens I procured were shot at a considerable 

 elevation. 



The next bird, though clearly related to some of the Phyl- 

 loscopi, is also connected with the Acrocephali of the previous 

 group. 



