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11. Ph. tkochiloides ; Acantliiza trochihides, Sundevall (1837) : 

 Pht/Uopneuste requloides, nobis, J. A. 8. XI, 191, XII, 963 (nee 

 requloides apud Hodgson). 



Length of a male 4f in., by 7| in. : wing 2f in. ; its first prima- 

 ry \^ in., and the second f in. shorter than the third, which equals 

 the fifth and is a little shorter than the fourth ; but, in some, 

 these three are equal : tail If in., even. Bill to gape f in., or nearly 

 so. Tarse \$ in. Length of a female A\ by 6f in. ; wing 2 T \ in. ; 

 and tail If in. Irides dark. Upper mandible dusky, the lower 

 yellow ; and legs yellowish-brown tinged with plumbeous. Plumage, 

 above dull green, a little infuscated, with two conspicuous yellowish- 

 white bars on the wing, formed by the tips of the greater and lesser 

 coverts : below albescent-greenish, a little tinged with yellow : 

 a broad yellowish-white or pale yellow supercilium ; and above this 

 a broad dusky band, leaving the middle line of the crown dull green 

 like the back, but paling at the occiput ; below the supercilium the 

 colour is also dusky : axillaries, with the fore-part of the wing under- 

 neath, yellow ; and the outermost and penultimate tail-feathers have 

 a narrow whitish margin to their inner web. 



Inhabits the sub-Himalayas, and visits Lower Bengal in some 

 abundance during the cold season. "We have obtained one so late 

 as March 15th in the vicinity of Calcutta. 



12. Ph. proregultjs ; Motacilla proregulus, Pallas : Regulus 

 modestus, Grould ; and, in abraded plumage, R. inornatus, nobis, J. 

 A. S. XI, 19, and Ph. montanus, Hutton, nobis, Catal.^o. 1105: 

 Phyllopneuste nitidus, Hodgson, Gr. B. Gray. 



Length generally about 4 to 4-j- in., by 6 to 6| in. across : wing 

 2\ in. ; its first primary ■§ in.,* and the second not -^ in. shorter 

 than the third, which exceeds the sixth, and nearly or quite (in 

 different specimens) equals the fourth and fifth: tail 1^ to If in., 

 even. An unusually large specimen measured 4^ by 7 in. ; wing 2| 

 in. : tail If in. Bill to gape nearly f in. : tarse \^ in. Irides dark, 

 Upper mandible dusky, the lower yellow except at tip ; and legs 

 rather pale brown, without any plumbeous tinge. Bill nearly as much 

 compressed as in Begultjs. Plumage, above olive-green, brightest 

 on the rump, wings and tail : crown dusky, with a pale mesial line, 

 * In one only, of several specimens, f in. 



