196 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



563. Reguloides occipitalis, Jerdon. 



Phyllopneuste, Jerdon, apud Blyth» J. A. S., XIV., 593. 



The Large Crowned Warbler. 



Descr. — Above mingled green and ashy, the latter prevailing on 

 the back, the former on the rump, wings, and tail ; crown dusky, 

 with whitish supercilia, and a conspicuous pale mesial line, broader 

 and tinged with yellow at the occiput ; a very pale yellowish 

 wing band ; the fore part of the wing brightish green, and its 

 margin, and the axillaries pure light yellow ; lower parts albescent, 

 mingled with yellowish, and very faintly tinged with ruddy ; inner 

 webs of the three outer tail-feathers, on each side, narrowly 

 bordered with white. 



Bill dusky above, yellow beneath ; legs pale brownish ; irides 

 hazel. Length 4f inches ; wing 2§ ; tail 2 ; bill at front 10 mill. ; 

 tarsus -}£. The 3rd primary is nearly as long as the 4th and 

 5th, and j 5 ^ longer than the 2nd. 



This, the largest species of the group, has been found rarely in 

 different parts of the country. I got it at Nellore ; and Mr. Blyth 

 has seen it from Dehra Dhoon. 



564. Reguloides troeliiloides, Sundevall. 



Acanthiza, apud Sundevall — Horsf., Cat. 539 — Blyth, 

 Cat. 1096 — Phyllopneuste reguloides, Blyth, olim. 



The median Crowned Warbler. 



Descr. — Above dull green, yellowish on the rump and upper 

 tail-coverts, with two conspicuous yellowish- white bars on the 

 wings ; below albescent greenish, a little tinged with yellow ; a 

 broad pale yellow supercilium, and above this a broad dusky band, 

 leaving the middle line of the crown dull green, paling at the occi- 

 put ; axillaries, and front of the wing beneath, yellow ; outer and 

 penultimate tail-feathers with a narrow whitish margin to their 

 inner webs. 



Bill dusky above, yellow beneath ; legs yellow brown ; hides 

 dark. Length 4| to 4^- inches ; extent 7^ ; wing 2| ; bill at front 

 9 mill. ; tail 1§ ; tarsus [|. 



