486 A Monograph of Indian PJiylloscopi. [No. 5. 



7. Ph. yiridanits, nobis, J. A. S. XII, 967 ;* Abrornis tenui- 

 cops, Hodgson, Gray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p. 83. (Perhaps Ph. 

 trochilus of W. India apnd Gould). 



Length 4f to 5£ in., by 7i to 7| in. : wing 2\ to 2| in. ; its first 

 primary -f to f in., and the second i in. shorter than the third, 

 which equals the fourth and fifth : tail If to 2 in. Bill to gape 

 nearly f in. : tarse j-} to f in. Irides dusky. Bill dusky horn- 

 colour above, the under mandible yellowish except towards tip. 

 Legs pale greenish-plumbeous. Plumage, above light dull olive- 

 green, beneath greenish-albescent : a pale yellow streak over the 

 eye ; and a slight whitish bar on the wing, formed by the tips of its 

 larger coverts. 



The commonest species of the genus in Lower Bengal ; and we 

 believe generally diffused. The only sound we have heard it utter 

 is a faint tiss-yip frequently repeated ; but never a number of times 

 in continuous succession, like the much louder tsih-tseh of the 

 European Ph. rtjeus. 



8. Ph. kltidus, nobis, J. A. 8. XTI, 965 : Muscicapa nitida (?), 

 Latham, Franklin: Sylvia hippolais apud Jerdon, Madr. Journ. 

 XI, 6 ; Hippolais Sivainsoni, Hodgson, G-ray, Zool. Misc. 1844, p # 

 82. (Probably Sylvia sibilatrix of Boyle's list.) 



Length 4^ to 4f in., by 7f to 7| in. across : wing 2f to 2J- in. ; 

 having the first primary T 9 ^- to f in., and the second f in. shorter 

 than the third, which equals the fourth and exceeds the fifth : tail 

 11 to 2 in. : bill to gape f in. ; and tarse f in. Irides dark. Bill 

 carneous-dusky, the lower mandible pale ; and legs light brownish, 

 tinged with yellow on the toes. Plumage, above of a much livelier 

 green than in any of the preceding, resembling that of the European 

 Ph. sibilatrix ; below unsullied pale yellowish, brightest about 

 the breast ; and there is a pale wing-band, formed by the tips of the 

 larger coverts of the secondaries. 



This pretty species appears to be very generally distributed, but 

 is somewhat rare in Lower Bengal. 



9. Ph. tristis, nobis, J. A. S. XII, 966 : Sylvia trocliilus apud 

 Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI, 6. 



* Phyllopneuste rufa apud nos, J. A. S. XI, 191 ; and Ph. affinis, Ann. May. 

 N. H. 1843, pt. 2, p. 



