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GREEN INDIAN WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Zeylonica.) 



Sy, mridis, suhtus Jiaxiescens^ alis nigris,fasciis duahus albis. 

 Green Warbler, beneath yellowish ; wings black, with two white 

 bars. 



Sylvia zeylonica. Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 532. 91. 



Motacilla tiphia. Lin. Syst, Nat. 1. 331. 13. male. — Gmel, 



Syst. Nat. I. g63. 

 Motacilla zeylonica. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 964. female. 

 Ficedula bengalensis. Briss, Orn. 3. 484. 47. 

 Le Figuier vert et jaune. Biiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 5. 278. 

 Ceylon Warbler. Brovon. III. ZooL p. 36. pZ. 15. — Lath. Gen. 



Si/n. 4. 474. 87. — Lath. Sup. 474. 

 Green Indian Flycatcher. Edtjoards. Glean, 1. 15. male.pL 79. 



female. 



Green Indian Warbler, Lath. Gen, Syn. 4. 474. 90. 



Length above four inches : beak dusky, with 

 a yellowish base : the upper parts of the plumage 

 olive-green ; the rump palest : lesser wing-coverts 

 deep brown : the middle and greater ones the 

 same, tipped with white, forming two bars of that 

 colour on the wings : quills and tail blackish, with 

 yellow edges : cheeks and under parts of the body 

 pale greenish yellow : legs dusky : the opposite 

 sex differs in having the crown and nape black. 

 Inhabits Bengal and Ceylon. 



