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Catalogue of the Birds 



[Jan. 



utters on being approached, and endeavours to hide itself, creeping to 

 the farther side of the tree. Some lime ago a nest, carelessly put toge- 

 ther with twigs and grass, containing 4 pure white eggs, was brought 

 to me as the nest of this species. It was found in a hedge. Irides yel- 

 lowish brown ; bill bro\Yn above, yellowish below ; feet flesh coloured 

 yellow. Length 4yVths ; tail about 2 inches; wing to end of 3d quill 

 2yVths ; 1st a spurious quill feather larger and more rounded than m 

 the last, and the 2d is only equal to the 7th. 



125. — S. Trochilus ? — Willow Warbler of Europe. 



I possess a single specimen, of what I suppose is this bird, obtained 

 lately in a wooded vallej'^, along the edge of the northern range of 

 ghauts. It appeared active and lively in its habits, occasionally flying 

 from some reeds, and perching on a stone in a brook, and from thence 

 making short sallies after insects in the air, or seizing one on the sand 

 of the rivulet. I shall here add a brief description of my specimen. 

 Above brownish olive ; beneath whitish, tinged with yellow on the un- 

 derwing, and tail coverts also on the outer edge of the wing. Length 

 not quite 5 inches ; of wing 2^ ; bill and legs brovvnisli black. 



126. — S. hippolais ? — Chif-chaff of Europe. 



I possess specimens of what I shall consider as this bird, till they 

 have been examined and identified in Europe. I procured them in the 

 elevated district of Wynaad, and on the Neilglierries. Two of the spe- 

 cimens have their plumage consisting entirely of green and yellow, but 

 these, I see, are considered by Yarrell as young birds. They were seen 

 hopping briskly about the branches of high trees. Irides light brown. 

 Length 4/oths ; wing2f\ths; tail lyVtlis ; bill much wider than in 

 the last species. 



127. — •S'. Indica. — Nevi^ species ? 



This warbler somewhat approaches the description of ^S. Javanica of 

 Horsfield, bat differs in wanting the fulvous hue of the forehead and 

 chin. I have hitherto seen it but rarely, and only in the more northern 

 parts of the table land, during the cold weather. I saw it frequenting 

 trees, hopping briskly about the smaller twigs ; also on one occasion on 

 a bush on the side of a precipitous rocky mountain. 



