Birds of the Indian Hills 



than a sparrow, being only a fraction over four 

 inches in length, and of this over one-third is 

 composed of tail. The head and neck are 

 grey, the former being set off by a cream- 

 coloured eyebrow. Along the middle of the 

 head runs a band of pale grey ; this " mesial 

 coronal band," as Oates calls it, is far more 

 distinct in some specimens than in others. 

 The remainder of the upper plumage is olive 

 green, and the lower parts are bright yellow. 

 Coloured plate, No. XX, in Hume and 

 Henderson's Lahore to Tarkand, contains a 

 very good reproduction of the bird. The 

 upper picture on the plate represents our hero, 

 the lower one depicting an allied species, Brook's 

 grey-headed flycatcher-warbler (C Jerdoni). 

 It is necessary to state this because the book 

 in question was written in 1873, since when, 

 needless to say, the scientific names of most 

 birds have undergone changes. The plate in 

 question also demonstrates the slenderness of 

 the foundation upon which specific differences 

 among warblers rest. 



Our hero is an exceedingly active little bird. 

 He is ever on the move, and so rapid are his 

 movements that to watch him for any length of 



time through field-glasses is no mean feat. He 

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