1844.] 



the Birds of Southern India. 



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124 bis.— Sylvia (acrocephalus) agricola, new species. 



Descr. — Plumage above pale rufous brown — beneath whit- 

 ish tinged with fulvous — Length about 5\ inches, W. 2 t \, 

 T. 2 T v, Tars. T *_, Bill (front) T ahs. 



I found this species of warbler frequenting rice fields in the 

 neighbourhood of Nellore during the cold weather. Mr. 

 TJlyth informs me that he has found it very abundant in feedy 

 ground near Calcutta. It approaches somewhat the descrip- 

 tions of S. palustris of Europe. 



No. 125.— The Sylvia trochilus of my Catalogue has been 

 named Phylloscopus tristis by Mr. Blyth, who has found it 

 near Calcutta. 



No. 126. — The doubtfully named S. hippolais of my Cata- 

 logue has been named Phylloscopus lugubris by Blyth. 

 No. 127— This is probably the M. affinis of Tickell. 



* No. 125 bis. — Phyllopneuste occipitalis, Blyth, new species. 

 I sent a specimen to Mr. Blyth of a bird obtained by me at 

 Nellore in the cold weather, very like the P. reguloides of 

 that naturalist, but sufficiently distinct for him to characterize 

 it as above. 



* No. 126 bis. — Phylloscopus nitidus — Bl. — probably Mus- 

 cicapa nitida of Latham and Franklin. I have also obtained 

 this bird at Nellore. 



* No. 127 bis. — Phyllopneuste Indica, Blyth, new species. 

 I obtained a specimen of a warbler nearly allied, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Blyth, to the Sylvia hippolais of Temminck, and 

 which that ? gentleman will shortly describe under the above 

 name. He obtained another specimen from Mr. Hodgson. 



* No. 129 bis. — Parus nuchalis, new species — white naped 

 Titmouse. 



Descr. — A wide nuchal mark, streak from gape, cheeks, 

 ears, sides of neck, of breast and abdomen, two external tail 

 feathers on each side, outer barb of the next, and tip of the 

 others, a bar on the primaries^ and outer edge and tips of the 



