PHYLLOSCOPUS VIEIDANTJS. 
(THE GREENISH TREE-WARBLER.) 
Phyllopneibste mfa, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xii. p. 191 (1842), nec Bodd. 
Phylloscojius viridanus, Blytli, J. A. S. B. 1843, xii. p. 967 ; Layard, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 
1853, xii. p. 263 ; Layard & Kelaart, Prodromus, App. Cat. B, p. 57 (1853) ; Jerdon, 
B. of Ind. ii. p. 193 (1863) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 457 ; Brooks, Ibis, 1872, p. 31 ; 
Henderson & Hume, Lahore to Yarkand, p. 220, pi. 19 (1873) ; Scully, Str. Feath. 1876, 
p. 148 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 73. 
Ahrornis viridana, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. p. 290 (1850). 
Phylloscojpus plimieitarsus, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861, p. 330 ; Seebohm, Ibis, 1877, p. 73 ; 
Brooks, Str. Feath. 1878, vii. p. 505. 
Adult male and female. Lengtli “ 4-75 to 5 inches ” {Jerdon) ; wing 2-2 to 2‘4 ; tail 2-0 ; tarsus 0‘7 ; middle toe 0-4, 
claw (straight) 0T5 j biU to gape 0’5. These measurements are from two specimens in my collection from 
E utteghur. 
Dr. Scully gives the following complete measurements of a specimen hilled in Turkestan : — Length 4’3 inches ; expanse 
7T5 ; wing 2-34; tail 1-8; tarsus 0'81 ; bill from gape 0'53; weight 0'35 oz. 
“ Bill, upper mandible dusky brown, lower mandible yellowish brown ; irides dark brown ; legs and feet brownish grey ; 
claws brown horny.” {Scully.) 
Above dull olivaceous green, pervaded with a brownish hue, the rump greener than the back ; primaries and secondaries 
brown, edged with the hue of the back ; greater coverts tipped with whitish, forming a single wing-bar ; tail bi-own, 
the feathers edged, principally near the base, with the colour of the upper tail-coverts ; a dark spot in front of the 
eye ; above it a rather wide yellowish supercilimn passes from the nostril to above the ear-coverts, which are 
brownish ; beneath from the chin to the under tail-coverts whitish, tinged slightly with greenish yellow ; under wing- 
coverts washed with greenish yellow, brightest at the edge of the wing; shafts of the tail-feathers beneath white. 
Obs. This species may be distinguished from P. nitidus by its browner upper surface and less yellow-tinged under- 
parts ; it is aptly named the Cfreenish while the latter is styled the Green Tree-Warbler. 
Distribution. — The evidence on which this bird takes its place in our lists rests on the following statement 
of Layard’ s, w'ho writes, in speaking of a Warbler which he calls Phyllo'pneuste montanus, Blyth : — “ The present 
species is migratory, and abounds in low thick hushes in company with Phyllopneuste viridanus.” There is some 
error here, as there is no such bird as P. montanus, Blyth, and it is strange that the present species should 
be said to abound. Perhaps it may visit Ceylon ; and if its note is not to be distinguished from that of the very 
numerous species first noticed, it would naturally be supposed by Layard to be common after he had once 
procured it. It is to be hoped that naturalists will pay particular attention to this point. 
The Greenish Tree-Warbler, as hitherto considered, inhabits Cashmere, according to Mr. Brooks, in the 
breeding- season ; and Jerdon proeured it at Darjiling. It ranges, however, north of the Himalayas, as 
Dr. Scully procured it in Kashgharia, and Dr. Henderson found it common in Hill Yarkand at the Arpalak 
river. In the cool season it migrates to the plains, Blyth stating that it is very common in Lower Bengal. 
It is not unfrequent in the North-west Provinces; and Jerdon obtained it in Southern India. It passes to the 
eastward of the Bay of Bengal on to Tenasserim, whence Mr. Hume records it from Thatone, river Salween, 
and Moulmein. 
Concerning its habits Dr. Scully writes : — “ This species was noticed among the tamarisk and willow 
bushes fringing the Sanju stream, and along the banks of the Karakash river. It seemed very restless, con- 
tinually Hitting from spray to spray, and its note was a weak sort of chirp frequently uttered. Blyth pronounces 
its voice to be very weak, and to be expressible by tiss-yip, tiss-yip, frequently uttered.’ 
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