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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Length 5*15 inches, tail 2, wing 2-67, tarsus -73; bill from gape '63 : the 
second primary is intermediate in length between the sixth and seventh, 
or sometimes equal to the seventh ; the first primary is about '55 inch 
in length. The female is considerably smaller, the wing not being more 
than 2*4 inches in length. 
The Pale-legged Willow- Warbler, which may be recognized by its 
peculiar bufp coloration, is a winter visitor to Burmah, but a comparatively 
rare one. I procured it at Kyeikpadein on a few occasions in January, 
February and April. I have not met with it in any other part of Pegu. 
Mr. Davison obtained it at various points in Tenasserim, from Kyouknyat 
down to Malewoon, at which latter place my men also got several speci- 
mens. Further south it has been procured at Kussoom in the Malay 
peninsula. 
Little is known of the distribution of this species. Dr. Tiraud records 
it from Cochin China. Mr. Swinhoe observed it at Amoy, and Pere 
David at Pekin and Kiangsi ; and it is supposed to breed in Japan, but 
Messrs. Blakiston and Pryer have not met with it there. 
The few birds I had the opportunity of examining were searching the 
leaves of mango-trees for insects. Their habits are not likely to differ 
from those of the other Phylloscopi. 
86. PHYLLOSCOPUS MAGNIROSTRIS. 
THE LARGE-BILLED WILLOW-WARBLER. 
Phylloscopus magnirostris, Bl. J. A. S.B. xii. p. 966; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 191; 
Brooks, S. F. iii. p. 243 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 77 ; Hume 8r Dav. S. F. vi. 
p. 852 ; Cripps, S. F. vii. p. 286 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 102 ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, 
p. 553 ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. Mus. v. p. 47. Phyllopneuste magnirostris, 
Bl. B. Burm. p. 105. 
Description. — M-ale and female. Upper plumage olive-green, darker on 
the head j wing-coverts and wings brown, edged with olive-green ; the 
median coverts with small, and the greater coverts with large, yellowish- 
white tips, forming two wing-bars j tail brown, edged with olive-green on 
the outer webs, and tipped paler beneath ; eye-streak, well defined and 
reaching to the nape, yellowish white ; lores and feathers behind the eye 
brown; ear-coverts yellowish white, suflPiised with brown; lower plumage 
pale yellow, sufiPused with grey on the breast and flanks ; axillaries and 
under wing-coverts greyish yellow. 
In summer the plumage becomes duller. 
Irides earth-brown ; legs carneous ; claws and feet yellowish white ; 
bill horny. {Cripps.) 
