1872.] W. E. Brooks— Cashmir Birds. 79 



notes in a different key ; after a short silence, the long whistle is begun again. 

 I have heard more than one visitor to Cashmir call this bird " the 

 whistling bird." 



The description is as follows : Length 5"15 inch. ; wing 2'2 ; tail 2"2, 

 bill "33 and - 5 from gape ; tarsus - 9 ; irides hazel brown ; bill light brown ; 

 lower mandible paler, except the tip ; legs, toes and claws light fleshy brown. 

 Whole upper surface dull greyish olive or rather pale olive grey ; a 

 slight tawny tinge on the wings and basal half of tail, on the outer webs of 

 the feathers. Lower back and upper tail coverts rather lighter and brighter 

 in tint than the rest of the back ; being more of a pale brown with slight 

 tinge of yellow in it. A dull whitish grey supercilium. Pale brown streak 

 through the eye. Cheeks and ear-coverts brownish white, mottled with pale 

 brown. Chin to abdomen greyish white. Sides of breast, flanks, tibial 

 plumes, and lower tail coverts, pale brownish grey ; the flanks being slightly 

 tinged with fulvous, and the lower tail coverts still more so ; lining of wing 

 creamy white. 



This bird has none of the depth of rich colouring of the Horornis group. 

 Its mode of coloration is rather like that of Acrocephalus dumetorum in 

 faded summer plumage, but paler and lighter. The tarsi, feet and claws are 

 strong and stout. Tail much graduated, the outer feathers being "42 shorter 

 than the central ones. In the wing the 5th primary is the longest, and a 

 shade longer than the 6th ; 4th a little shorter than 6th ; 3rd equal to 8th ; 

 2nd very short, and '48 short of tip of wing. The rictal bristles are distinct 

 and almost "22 in. long. The bill has a very faint notch at the end like that 

 of Horeites brunneifrons. 



Phylloscopits maghsibostms. — Rather common in parts of Cashmir. 

 It frequents rocky banks of mountain rivers, where they are well wooded. 

 Its song is singularly sweet, but very short. I never found its nest owing to 

 the great difficulty of the ground on account of the excessive steepness. It 

 was most abundant up the Chitterpani from BuiTungulla to near the top of 

 the Pir Panjal mountain ; also along the banks of the Rembiera river 

 between Aliabad serai and Hirpore. I heard a few singing in the woods about 

 Guhnurg. I may here remark that P. trocliilus does not occur in India, not 

 even in Cashmir, and may be safely expunged from our lists. 



Phtxloscopus Tttleei, sp. nov. 



In plumage resembling P. viridanus, but of a richer and deeper olive ; 

 it is entirely without the " whitish wing bar" which is always present in 

 viridanus, imless in very abraded pkunage. The wing is shorter ; so is the 

 tail ; but the great difference is in the bill, which is much longer, darker and 

 of a more pointed and slender form in P. Tytleri. The song and notes are 

 utterly different ; so are the localities frequented. P. viridanus is an 



