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Show 356 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, mistaken for that bird. It is thus described by Milne-Edwards " Above of an olive-brown tint; a greyish-white eye-streak stretches from the base of the beak to the nape, and then curves towards the similar streak on the other side. Throat greyish white ; breast and belly tinted on their sides with clear brown, greyish white washed with yellow towards their middle. Tarse yellowish." Nests in the high mountains near Pekin (David). 133. PHYLLOPNEUSTE FUSCATA (Blvth); Swinh. Ibis, 1863, p. 306, 1870, p. 345 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p."295. Phylloscopus fuscatus, Blyth, J. A. S. xi. p. 113, xii. p. 965; Ibis, 1861, pp. 32, 330, 1863, p. 93. Phyllopneuste sibirica, Midd. Sib. Reise, ii. tab. 16. figs. 4-6. As in the case of P. sylvicultrix, there is certainly much variability in the size and measurements of these brown Willow-Wrens; but I have not yet succeeded in discriminating them as species (cf. Tristram, 'Ibis,' 1871, p. 110). I have not been able to detect any differences in the notes and habits of those I have come across. The spotted eggs taken in Formosa, alluded to by Mr. Tristram, cannot, I fear, be trusted to, their authenticity depending on the statement of a Chinaman. 134. PHYLLOPNEUSTE TENELLIPES (Swinh.) ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 295. Phylloscopus tenellipes, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 53. Amoy ; Pekin (David). 135. PHYLLOPNEUSTE CORONATA (Temm. & Schleg.); Ibis, 1863, p. 307 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 297. Phylloscopus coronatus, Ibis, 1860, p. 54, 1861, p. 330, 1863, p. 93; P.Z.S. 1862, p. 317. Amoy ; Pekin (David). 136. PHYLLOPNEUSTE XANTHODRYAS, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 296. Amoy. 137. PHYLLOPNEUSTE PLUMBEITARSUS, Swinh. Ibis, 1870, p. 345 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 296. Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus, Ibis, 1861, p. 330. A small species with short thick bill and small feet ; lesser and greater wing-coverts both tipped with yellow, forming a double bar across the wing; primary quill *6 in. long, second one-third of an inch shorter than the third. Pekin ; Hainan. 138. PHYLLOPNEUSTE BOREALIS, Blasius, Naumannia, 1858, p. 313 ; Ibis, 1862, p. 68. Phylloscopus sylvicultrix, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 53, 1866, pp. 135, 295, 394. |