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Mr. H. Seebohm on the Phylloscopi 
6. Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Swinhoe. 
Sylvia ( Phyllopneuste) coronata, Middendorff, Sib. Reise, 
p. 182 (1851, nec Temm.) ; Radde, Reisen im Slid. y. Ost- 
Siber. ii. p. 263 (1863, nec Temm.). 
Phyllopneuste ( Phyllobasileus ) coronatus , Homeyer, Cab. 
Journ. f. Orn. 1872, p. 207 (nec Temm.). 
Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Swinboe, Ibis, 1861, p. 330. 
Phyllopneuste plumbeitarsus, Homeyer, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 
1872, p. 206. 
Phylloscopus excoronatus, Homeyer, Cab. Journ. f. Orn. 
1872, p. 207. 
Phyllopseustes middendorfii, Meves, Ofv. k. Yet. Ak. Forth 
1871, p. 758. 
Hypolais graminis, Severtzoff, Faun, of Turkestan, p. 125 
(1873); see Ibis, 1876, p. 81. 
Phylloscopus viridanus , Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 82 (nec 
Blytb). 
Bill large, under mandible pale. 
Upper parts greyish brown, dashed all over, especially on the 
rump, with yellowish green. Wings and tail greyish 
brown, with the outside edge of each feather broadly 
margined with yellowish green. Pale greenish white 
superciliary streak very sharply defined, and extending 
to the nape. 
Head same colour as the back. 
Underparts nearly white, slightly dashed with yellow and 
grey on the breast and flanks. Axillaries, wing-lining, 
and thighs pale yellow. 
Third and fourth primaries longest. Fifth a shade shorter. 
Sixth, seventh, and eighth each considerably shorter than 
the preceding. Second primary intermediate in length 
between the seventh and eighth. 
Bastard primary rather large, the exposed part measuring *5 
in small females to *58 to *65 in males. 
First wing-bar distinct. XJgper bar generally equally so. 
Length of wing—male 2*50 to 2’35, female 2’35 to 2*2. 
Length of tail—male 2*05 to 1*8, female 1-8. 
Legs and claws lead-colour. 
This species appears to have a similar range to that of P. 
borealis, but more restricted. In the breeding-season it is 
found in the subalpine districts of the North-eastern Palae- 
