200 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



— Neornis striglceps, Hodgson— AcantMza arrogans, Sundevall 

 — Rhipidura, apud Gray, Genera of Birds, Appendix. 



The Black-browed Warbler. 



Descr. — Above bright yellowish olive-green ; below full siskin 

 yellow throughout ; cheeks and sides of neck yellow-green ; over 

 each eye a broad black streak, reaching to the occiput, leaving the 

 middle of the head greenish ; tail dusky, its middle feathers mar- 

 gined green, and the inner web of the outermost feather nearly 

 all white, also the terminal half of the next ; some have a slight 

 yellowish wing band, others not a trace of it. 



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

 dark. Length 4f inches ; extent 6^ ; wing 2|- ; tail 1 f ; bill at 

 front 10 mill. ; tarsus \±. 



" This pretty little bird is not uncommon in the neighbourhood 

 of Calcutta, during the cold season, and, like the rest of its tribe," 

 says Blyth, " retires to the sub-Himalayan region to breed." Its 

 bill, as seen above, is more decidedly of the Fly-catcher form than 

 in any of the tribe, and Gray even classed it as a Fly-catcher. I 

 have only procured this species near Darjeeling. 



570. Culicipeta cantator, Tickell. 



Motacilla, apud Tickell— Horse., Cat. 530— Blyth, Cat. 1092. 



The Lesser Black-browed Warbler. 



Descr. — Bright olive-green above, yellower on the wings and 

 tail ; throat, cheeks, supercilia, lower tail-coverts, and margin of 

 the wing, bright yellow ; belly and flanks greyish white ; a very 

 narrow yellow bar on the wing ; on each side of the crown a broad 

 black band, and an intermediate and narrower greenish one, 

 becoming yellower on the occiput ; upper tertiaries slightly mar- 

 gined at the tips with yellowish white, and the tail feathers have 

 a very narrow yellowish white internal border. 



Bill light dusky above, amber beneath ; legs fleshy yellow; irides 

 hazel. Length 4£ inches; extent 6^ ; wing 2£ ; tail If; tarsus 

 f ; bill at front 8 or 9 mill. 



This very pretty Warbler is , found in Nepal, Central India, 

 Bengal, and Assam. It is rare near Calcutta. 



