PHYLLOSCOPUS. 



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Compai'ii]g my small series, 1 cannot find any to agree with the 

 colouration as above. 



Hab. — Turkistan ; wintering in Sind. 



Gen. Phylloscopus, Boie, Syn. Ficedula^ Koch. Phyllopneuste, 

 Meyer. Trochilus, Forst. 



Bill slender, small, straight; rictal bristles few, short, distinct; wings 

 with the bastard primary small. 



Phylloscopus tristis. Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xii. p. 966; xiv. p. 69 j 

 Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 190, No. 554; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. Ixvi. 1875; 

 Blf. East. Pers. ii. p. 180; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 148; Seebohm, Ibis, 

 1877, p. 97; 1879, p. 10; id. Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. v. 63; Murray, 

 Hdbl;., Zoul., lJt., Sind, -p. 161. Phyllopneuste tristis, (Blyth) Gould. 

 B. Asia, pt. xvii. Phylloscopus brehmi. Hum. apud. Blf. EoMt. Persia, 

 ii. p. 182. 



Above dull earthy brown, with an olive green tinge on the lower 

 back and rump ; lores and behind the eye and ear-coverts like the 

 back ; supercilium pale bufFy white ; wings brown, their coverts with 

 pale margins, and the primaries and secondaries edged on their outer 

 webs with greenish ; edge of wing and under wing-coverts yellow ; 

 tail brown, the feathers edged on their outer webs with yellowish 

 green; the inner web faintly and narrowly margined with whitish; 

 under surface albescent ; bill dark brown ; legs blackish ; irides brown. 



Length. — 5 inches, wing 2'5, tail 2 to 2-3. 



Hob. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal; Beloochistan, 

 S. B. Persia, Afghanistan and East' Turkistan; Deccan, Kutch, 

 Kattiawar, Jeypore, Jodhpore, and North Guzerat. In Sind, as in other 

 parts of India, it is a winter visitant. 



Phylloscopus nitidus, Bh/fh, J. A. 8. B. xii. p. 965 ; xiv. p. 

 591 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 193, No. 559 ; Hume, Sir. F. 1873, p. 197; 

 Legge, Ibis, 1874, p. 22; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 72; id. Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus vol. V. p. 43; Murray, Hdhh., Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 162. Phyllop- 

 neuste nitida, {Blyth) Adam, Str. F. 1873, p. 382.— The Green Willow 

 Waeblbr. 



Head, nape, back, scapulars, rump and upper tail-coverts yellowish 

 green; supercilium extending to the nape yellow; lesser wing-coverts 

 and tips and edges of the median ones like the back ; greater wing-coverts 

 brown, edged with yellowish green, and tipped yellow, forming a con- 

 spicuous wing band ; primaries, their coverts and secondaries brown, 

 edged on their outer webs with yellowish green; edge of the wing, 

 under wing-coverts and entire under surface yellow, in some specimens 

 albescent on the chin; bill dusky brown; the lower mandible pale ; 

 legs light brown; irides dark brown. 



Length. — 4 5 to 4'75 inches, wing 2'5, bill at front 0'5. 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, Concan, 

 Deccan, Southern India, Ceylon, and Nepaul; breeding in the Himalayas 

 and wintering in the plains. 



