1854.] A Monograph of Indian Phylloscopi. 485 



The species is common in Lower Bengal, more so above the tideway 

 of the rivers, and we believe that it is generally distributed over 

 India. 



5. Ph. indicus ; Sylvia indica, Jerdon, Madr. Joum. XI, 6 : 

 Ph. griseolus, nobis, J. A. S. XVI, 443. 



Length 5| in., by 7| in. : wing 2| in. ; having the first primary 

 | in. long, and the second f in. shorter than the third, which equals 

 the sixth, and is scarcely shorter than the fourth and fifth : tail 2 

 in. : bill to gape T 9 -g- in. : tarse f- in. Irides very dark brown. Bill 

 dusky above, below pale amber : interior of the mouth whitish, with 

 scarcely a tinge of yellow, Tarse externally and the toes above, 

 light brown; internally and beneath, yellow. Plumage, above 

 uniform dull ash-colour, without a tinge of green : supercilia, clear 

 pale yellow : lower-parts pale dull yellowish, purer on the middle of 

 the belly, and the rest more or less tinged with dull tawny. 



This species appears to be found chiefly in the peninsula of India, 

 and is rare in Lower Bengal. 



6. Ph. etjscattts, nobis, J. A. S. XI, 113 : Ph. Irunneus, nobis, 

 J. A. S. XIV, 591, (the young). 



Length 5 to 5£ in. by 7^ to 7f in. : wing 2i to 2f in. ; having 

 the first primary -^| to -j-f in., and the second T 5 ^ in. shorter than 

 the third, which equals the 6th and is a little shorter than the 4th 

 -and 5th : tail 2\ in., with its outermost feathers T 3 F in. shorter than 

 the middle ones : bill to gape nearly f in. : tarse f in. Irides dark 

 hazel. Bill dusky above, yellowish at base of lower mandible ; 

 inside of the mouth rather pale yellow : legs greenish-brown. 

 Plumage, above uniform olive-brown ; below albescent, purest on 

 the throat and middle of belly, and weakly tinged with a ferruginous 

 or ruddy hue on the pale supercilia, sides of neck, flanks and lower 

 tail-coverts, and more faintly on the breast ; axillaries also weak 

 ferruginous, with the fore-part of the under-surface of the wing ; 

 and the primaries are slightly margined with pale rufescent : no 

 trace whatever of a wing-band. The young (Ph. brunneus, nobis, 

 passim,) resemble the adults in colour, but the wings and tail are 

 rather shorter, and the plumage is of somewhat more open texture. 



Not rare in Lower Bengal during the cold season ; but commoner, 

 it would seem, to the eastward, and especially in Arakan. 



