90 BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
93. PHYLLOSCOPUS PULCHER. 
THE ORANGE-BARRED WILLOW-WARBLER. 
Abrornis erochroa, Hodgs. Grayh Zool. Misc. p. 82. Phylloscopus pulcher 
(Hodgs.), Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 592. Reguloides erochroa, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. 
p. 199 ; Wald. in Bl. B. Burm. p. 106 ; Hmne 8^ Dav. 8. F. vi. p. 358 ; Hume, 
S. F. viii. p. 102 ; Broohs, S. F. viii. pp. 392, 482 ; Scully, S. F. viii. p. 309. 
Phylloscopus erochrous, Seehohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 106. Phylloscopus pulcher, 
Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. Mus. v. p. 73. 
Description. — Male and female. Head very dark olive-brown ; coronal 
streak merely indicated, being extremely indistinct ; upper plumage olive- 
green_, the feathers of the rump very broadly tipped with yellowish green, 
forming a band above the coverts of the tail ; wings and wing-coverts dark 
brown edged with green, the median and greater coverts broadly tipped 
with orange-yellow ; tail with the three central pairs o£ feathers brown, 
edged on the outer webs with yellowish green, the three outer pairs white 
on the inner webs and white on the basal halves of the outer webs, the 
remainder of the outer webs being brown ; supercilium huffish green ; 
sides o£ the head mingled brown and green ; lower plumage greenish 
yellow. 
Bill black ; base of lower mandible and gape yellow ; irides dark brown ; 
feet dusky greenish, the soles greenish yellow ; claws dusky. {Scully.) 
Length 4*2 inches, tail 1*75, wing 2*4, tarsus '8, bill from gape '5 : the 
second primary is about equal to the tenth j the first primary measures 
about '6 inch in length. The female is considerably smaller than the 
male, the wing measuring about 2*2 inches in length. 
The Orange-barred Willow- Warbler is a rare winter visitor to Burmah. 
Mr. Davison procured one specimen on Mooleyit mountain in Tenas- 
serim ; and Capt. Wardlaw Ramsay obtained it at Karennee at 3000 feet 
elevation. 
Little is known of the distribution of this species. It is known to occur 
in the Himalayas, from Bhootan to Simla ; but it does not appear to have 
been observed in the plains of India. 
Mr. Brooks states that the note of this species is a Thrush-like zip, not 
so loud as the Thrush's note, but wonderfully loud for so small a bird. 
Dr. Scully observes that in Nipal it was always found hunting about in 
the bushes at elevations from about 6000 to 7500 feet, but it was never 
abundant. Nothing is known of its breeding -habits. 
P. maculipennis is not unlikely to occur in Burmah. It is somewhat 
like P. pulcher ; but the chin and throat are grey and the wing-bars are 
yellow. 
