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tus of Europe inhabit the N". W. Himalaya. "We have seen only a 

 single male specimen, procured by Capt. Thomas at Simla ; and this 

 perfectly resembles E. cristatus, except in being considerably 

 larger, and the fine flame-coloured interior crest would seem to be 

 more developed. Length of wing 2f in., and of tail 1-f in. In 

 several British specimens of E. cristatus, the corresponding mea- 

 surements are 2 in., and If in., with the rest in proportion. Should 

 this difference in size prove constant, the race might be denominated 

 E. himalayensis ; requiring, however, to be first minutely com- 

 pared with the N. American E. satrapa, Lichtenstein (v. tricolor 7 

 Jardine). Mr. Hodgson would not appear to have met with a true 

 Eeg-ulus in Nepal. 



Genus Culicipeta, nobis, J. A. S. XII, 968. 

 " General structure of Phylloscopus, but having a narrow Fly- 

 catcher's bill and armature of rictus, the ridge of the upper mandible 

 angulated, and the breadth of the bill evenly attenuating." Such 

 are the characters of the first or typical species, to which may be 

 added that the claws, especially that of the hind-toe, are longer and 

 less curved. In other species, however, the form grades to that of 

 Phylloscopus ; but there is a general and marked resemblance 

 of colouring throughout the series, indicative of their unity as a 

 group, and which would help to separate it from the European type 

 Phyllopkeuste (v. Hippolais). In general, the upper-parts are 

 green, the lower bright yellow wholly or in part, and the crown 

 exhibits the colouring (variously modified) of Phylloscopus occi- 

 pitalis and of the subgroup Eeguloides ; while the two or three 

 outer tail-feathers are, in most of the species, largely marked with 

 white on the inner web. Their habits appear to be quite similar to 

 those of the Phylloscopi. 



1. C. Buekii; Sylvia Burlcii, Burton, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 153: 

 Acanthiza arroyans, Sundevall (1837) ; Cryptolopha auricapilla, 

 Swainsou, 2\ Centen. (1837) ; Muscicapa bilineata, Lesson, Bev. 

 Zool. de la Soc. Guv. 1839, p. 104. 



Length 4| by 6^ in. : wing 1\ in. ; its first primary f in., and 

 the second f in. shorter than the third, which equals the sixth or 

 seventh (in different specimens), and is rather shorter than the 

 intervening two or three : tail If in. : bill to gape exceeding \ in. ; 



