106 
Mr. H. Seebohm on the Pkylloscopi 
and bits of tbin birch-bark. It is placed on the bough of a 
pine tree, often a considerable height from the ground. The 
eggs are white, richly spotted with dark brownish red. 
30. Phylloscopus erochrous (Hodgson). 
Abrornis erochroa , Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 
(1844). 
Regulus erochroa , G. R. Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 175 (1848). 
Reguloides erochroa , Jerdon, B. of India, ii. p. 199 (1863). 
Abrornis pulchrala , Hodgson, Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 82 
(1844). 
Reguloides -? Blanford, J. A. S. Beng. xli. pt. ii. p. 
162 (1872). 
Bill very slender , under mandible dark. 
Upper parts olive-green. Rump yellow. Wings and tail 
greyish brown, with the outside edge of each feather 
broadly margined with olive-green. Outside edge of 
the tertiaries yellowish white at the tip. Inner web of 
three outer tail-feathers on each side white. Superciliary 
streak greyish yellow. 
Head rather darker-coloured than the back, with an indistinct 
pale mesial line. 
Underparts, axillaries, and wing-lining greyish yellow. 
Fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries longest. Third and seventh 
rather shorter. Eighth and ninth each considerably 
shorter than the preceding. Second equal to about the 
tenth. 
Bastard primary large, the exposed part measuring ’55 to *65. 
First bar orange and very distinct. Upper bar greyish orange 
and rather indistinct. 
Length of wing—male 2*45 to 2*3, female 2*25 to 2*1. 
Length of tail—male 20 to 1*8, female U75 to U6. 
Legs and claws brown. 
So far as is known, this species has a more limited range 
than almost any other of the genus. Hodgson found it in 
Nepaul (in British Museum); and I have skins from Sikkim ; 
but Mr. Brooks tells me it is never seen in the plains of India. 
Nothing is known of its nidification. 
31. Phylloscopus subviridis (Brooks). 
Reguloides subviridis , Brooks, P. A. S. Beng. 1872, p. 148. 
