1854.] A Monograph of Indian Phylloscopi. . 483 



Length 5 in., by 1\ in. in alar expanse : wing 2| to 2| in. ; 1st 

 primary _^. in., the second 1 in. shorter than the third, which about 

 equals the 4th and 5th : tail 2-g- in. ; its outermost feather \ in. 

 shorter : bill to gape f in. : tarse f in. Irides dark. Bill dusky 

 above, light carneous below : legs light brown, tinged with plumbeous 

 on the joints. Plumage, above uniform light greyish-brown ; below 

 pale or albescent, passing to white on the chin, middle of belly and 

 vent : lores, continued as a slight streak passing over the eye, and 

 the orbital feathers, pale. 



This bird is very common in Lower Bengal during the cold sea- 

 son, upon sandy soil above the tideway of the rivers ; haunting 

 baubul topes and scattered trees near villages, as well as hedges and 

 bush-jungle. Those of S. India have a slight ferruginous tint 

 throughout ; but we can detect no further difference. It would not' 

 appear to inhabit the sub-Himalayan region. 



2. Ph. magkeeosteis, nobis, J. A. S. XII, 966 : Phyllopneuste 

 indica, nobis, J. A. S. XIV, 593 : JPh. trocJiilus ? apud Hodgson, 

 Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 82. 



Length 5 to 5^ in., by 8| in. across : wing 2J- to 2f- in., its first 

 primary measuring f in., and the second being T 7 ^- in. shorter than 

 the third, which does not quite equal the 4th and 5th : tail 2 to 2-g- 

 in., its two outer feathers on each side very slightly graduating : 

 bill to gape -f in. : tarse f in. Irides dusky. Bill dusky plumbeous 

 above, fleshy horn-colour at base of lower mandible. Legs albescent 

 plumbeous. Plumage, duskyish or infuscated olive-green above, 

 having a faint tinge of tawny, especially on the wings and tail ; 

 the medial larger coverts of the wings being tipped with albescent- 

 greenish : a narrow but conspicuous pale yellowish supercilium, and 

 the lower ear-coverts are partly of the same hue : under-parts pale ; 

 the breast tinged with ashy, mingled with faint yellowish; and the rest 

 of the lower-parts are more or less of a purer yellowish-white. The 

 tawnyish hue of the wings and tail resembles that of the upper-parts 

 of the European Ph. eufus, whence the name of the latter species. 



The species appears to be generally diffused over the country, 

 and we have seen specimens from the eastern coast of the Bay of 

 Bengal, and also one from Chusan. We have been informed that it 

 has a pleasing song. 



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