1854.] A Monograph of Indian Phylloscopi. 487 



Length 4| to 5 in., 6^ to 6f in. ; of wing 2£ to c l\ in. ; the first 

 primary f in. (in large specimens), and the second \ in. shorter 

 than the third, which equals the fourth and fifth : tail If to 2 in. : 

 bill to gape \ in. ; and tarse T 9 ^ to f in. Irides dark. Bill black- 

 ish, tinged with yellow at base of lower mandible ; and gape also 

 yellow: legs dull black. Plumage, above uniform dull brown: 

 below albescent, with a faint tinge of ruddy or ferruginous on the 

 pale supercilia, sides of neck, breast and flanks ; and no tinge of 

 yellow except on the axillaries and fore-part of the wing underneath, 

 which are almost pure light yellow. Bill small and slender. 



A common species, and generally diffused. We once observed it 

 in great abundance, together with Calamoherpe agricola, haunt- 

 ing low bushes near the Calcutta salt-water lake. 



10. Ph. occipitalis ; Phyllopneuste occipitalis, Jerdon, nobis, 

 X A. 8. XIY, 593. 



Length 4| in. : of wing 2f in. ; the first primary f in., and the 

 second T 6 g- in. shorter than the third, which nearly or quite equals 

 the fourth and fifth : tail 2 in., even or squared. Bill to gape -f in. 

 Tarse y-g- in. Alar and caudal feathers unusually firm. Bill light 

 dusky above, pale below : legs pale. Plumage, above mingled green 

 and ashy, the latter prevailing on the back, the former on the 

 rump, wings and tail ; crown dusky, with whitish supercilia, and a 

 conspicuous pale medial line, broader and tinged with yellow at the 

 occiput : a slight but distinct yellowish-albescent wing-band ; the 

 fore-part of the wing brightish green ; and its margin, with the 

 axillaries, pure light yellow. Lower-parts albescent, mingled with 

 yellowish, and very faintly tinged with ruddy. Inner webs of the 

 three outer tail feathers on each side narrowly bordered with white, 

 the ante-penultimate less so. 



This pretty species we have only seen from the Deyra Doon and 

 from S. India. In colouring, it approximates the groups Eeguloicles 

 and Abrornis ; but the remarkable firmness of its wings and tail is 

 peculiar, and prohibitive of its association with either. 



The next three species (constituting the subgroup Reguloides, 

 nobis.) have, like the last, a pale medial streak on the crown, and 

 they greatly approximate the genus Regulus in figure and propor- 

 tions, and even in colouring (minus the developed crest) ; but their 

 habits are those of other Phylloscopi. 



