PHYLLOSCOPUS NEGLECTUS. 



(PLAIN WILLOW-WARBLER.) 



Pliylloscopus brevirostris (nee Strickl.), Brooks, Ibis, 1S69, p. 236. 



Phylloscopus neglectus, Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 143. 



Phyllopseuste neglectus, Hume, Stray Feathers, i. p. 105 (1873). 



Phylloscopus sindianus, Brooks, Str. Feath. viii. p. 476 (1879). 



Lusciniola neglecta (Hume), Seebohm, Ibis, 1880, p. 277. 



" Phyllopneuste neglectus, Hume," Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 131 (1881). 



" Phyllopneuste lorenzi, Severtz.," Lorenz, Beitr. Orn. Nords. Kaukasus, p. 28. no. 87 (1887). 



Herbioocula (Phylloscopus) neglecta (Hume), Eadde & Walter, Vog. Transcasp. p. 49 (1888). 



Lusciniola (Herbivocula) neglecta (Hume), Pleske, Ornithogr. Eoss. ii. p. 412 (1390). 



Herbivocula neglecta (Hume), Pleske, torn. cit. p. 414 (1890). 



Figurce notabiles. 

 Pleske, Ornithogr. Ross. pi. iii. figs. 3 & 4 ; Lorenz, op. cit. Taf. ii. fig. 2. 



Ad. corpore supra brunnescenti-cinereo, subtus albido cervino lavato : stria superciliari pallide cervina et 

 regione parotica sordide cervina : remigibus et rectricibus fuscis, extus pallidiore marginatis : sub- 

 alaribus et axillaribus albidis, flavido cervino tinctis : rostra, pedibus et iride saturate fuscis. 



• Adult Male (Sehwan, January 27th). Upper parts earthy brown, ratber paler on the upper tail-coverts; 

 underparts white, with a buff tinge ; a narrow superciliary streak pale buff; ear-coverts dull buff; 

 wings and tail brown, the feathers with paler external margins ; axillaries and under wing-coverts 

 white, with a buffy yellow tinge : bill, legs, and iris dark brown. Total length about 4 inches, 

 culmen 0'37, wing 2'05, tail L65, tarsus 0-75 ; first primary 0"65 less than the second, which is 

 intermediate between the eighth and ninth, or only just longer, than the eighth. 



Adult Female (Kopepet-dagh, Transcaspia, July 27th) . Resembles the male except that the plumage is a 

 trifle paler, but is smaller in size, measuring : culmen 0'35 inch, wing 1"9, tail 1'6, tarsus 0'7. 



The average measurements of the series I have examined are : — males : wing L95 to 2T inches, first primary 

 065 to - 75 less than the second ; females : wing 1'9 to 2'0 inches, first primary 0"6 to 0"7 shorter 

 than the second ; and in all the second primary is either equal in length to the eighth or intermediate 

 between the eighth and ninth. 



The present species is found during the summer in Transcaspia and Turkestan, and winters in 

 Southern Persia, Baluchistan, Sind, and North-western India. 



Mr. Seebohm (Ibis, 1876, p. 218) stated that he met with it on the Lower Petchora; but, as 

 Mr. Brooks (torn. cit. p. 503) points out, Mr. Seebohm's identification was erroneous, and the 



