192 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



This bird, says Mr. Blyth, is something like P. trochilus of Europe, 

 but is larger, and has a proportionally larger bill. The tawny 

 hue of the wings and tail resembles that of P. rufus of Europe. 

 It appears to be spread, but rare, over all India. I obtained it at 

 Nellore, in the cold weather, and it has been procured near 

 Calcutta, in Nepal, in Arrakan, and in China. 



557. Phylloscopus trochilus, Linn. 



Motacilla, apud Linnaeus. — Gould, Birds of Europe, pi. 131, 

 f. 1— Blyth, Cat. 1102. 



The Willow- Warbler. 



Descr. — Very similar to the last, but somewhat smaller, and 

 with the lower parts distinctly olive-yellow on the neck, breast, and 

 flanks ; abdomen albescent ; under wing-coverts yellow, tinging 

 the edge of the wing. Length about 5 inches ; wing 2\. 



This species is said to have been obtained by Mr. Gould from 

 Western India, though quite possibly not discriminated from some 

 of the allied species. Adams also records it from Western India, 

 P. Z. S., 1858, p. 693. The nest of this European species is said 

 to be built on the ground, and the eggs are white with small red 

 spots, in some cases pure unsullied white. 



558. Phylloscopus lugubris, Blyth. 

 J. A. S., XII., 968— Blyth, Cat, 1108— Horsf., Cat. 527— 

 Sylvia hippolais, Jerdon, Cat. 126 (in part) — Phyllopneuste 

 flaveolus, Gray, Append. Cat. Nepal Birds. — Abrornis xantho- 

 gaster, Hodgson, Cat. Birds Nepal. 



The Dull-green Tree-Warbler. 



Descr. — Above dusky olive-green, with a pale yellowish super- 

 cilium, and yellowish tips to the medial wing-coverts ; beneath 

 albescent, faintly tinged with yellow medially, and the flanks 

 greenish yellow. 



Bill dusky above, amber colored beneath ; legs greenish dusky ; 

 irides dusky brown. Length 4f inches ; extent 1\ ; wing 2£ ; tail 

 If ; tarsus | ; bill at front 10 mill. The 1st primary is j-f long, 

 the 2nd T 5 g- shorter than the 3rd, which is very little shorter than 

 the 4th and 5th, which are longest; tail nearly even. 



