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BIRDS OF BRITISH BURMAH. 
Davison states that it feeds almost entirely on the ground^ and that it 
continually utters a soft low note that might be syllablized chit, chit, chit. 
On the first occasion on which I met with this species a small flock was 
seen, and the birds were flying from bush to bush in a restless manner. 
On the second occasion a bird was shot in high paddy, where it was moving 
about the stems. 
95. HERBIVOCULA FUSCATA. 
THE BROWN BUSH-WARBLER. 
Phyllopneuste fuscata, Bl. J. A. 8. B. xi. p. 113 ; Bl. B. Burm. p. 105 ; Bav. et 
Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 267. Horornis fulviventris, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 31. 
Phylloscopus brunneus, Bl. J. A. S. B. xiv. p. 691. Phylloscopus fus- 
catus, Je7'd. B. Ind. ii. p. 191 Seehohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 85 ; Armstrong, S. F. iv. 
p. 329 ; Anders. Yunnan Exped. p. 623 ; Hume 8f Dav. S. F. V\. p. 352 ; Cripps, 
S. F. vii. p. 285 ; Hume, S. F. viii. p. 102. Phyllopneuste brunneus, Bl. 
B. Burm. p. 105. Phyllopseuste fuscata, Hume, S. F. iii. p. 139. Lusci- 
niola fuscata, Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. Mus. v. p. 127. 
Description. — Male and female. Upper plumage brown ; tail and wings 
brown^ edged exteriorly with olive-brown ; lores and feathers behind the 
eye dark brown ; a distinct supercilium reaching to the nape bufi' ; cheeks 
and ear-coverts mingled brown and buff' ; chin^ throat and abdomen buffy 
white ; breast_, flanks^ axillaries^ vent and under tail-coverts rich buff". In 
summer the buff becomes less intense. Before the two annual moults 
the plumage gets much abraded, and some birds become a uniform dull 
brown. 
Iris brown ; upper mandible dusky brown_, the lower one dusky yellow, 
brownish at the tip ; mouth yellow ; lege and feet dusky flesh-colour ; 
claws yellowish horn-colour. 
Length 5*3 inches, tail 2*3, wing 2*4, tarsus '9, bill from gape '52 : 
the second primary is intermediate in length between the ninth and tenth ; 
the first primary is large, being about '8 inch in length. The female is 
smaller than the male, the wing measuring about 2*2 inches in length. 
The Brown Bush-Warbler is a common winter visitor to every portion 
of Pegu. Mr. Blyth received it from Arrakan, and I have also obtained 
it from that Division. Mr. Davison got it in Tenasserim as far south as 
Tavoy, but it probably extends still further south. 
It is found in India in winter throughout Bengal and the North-west 
Provinces as far at least as Etawah. It also winters in South China and 
in the Indo-Burmese countries, Dr. Anderson having procured it near 
Bhamo. In summer it passes to Eastern Siberia and Japan. Its nest has 
not yet been found by any trustworthy observer, 
