Hume's Leaf Warbler
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PAKHI DEKHOON PAKHI CHINOON NO. 675.. OBSERVE THE BIRD AND RECOGNIZE...HUME'S LEAF WARBLER... WATERCOLOUR...A4... 2016..[ From Ref. photograph of Mr. SATYAPRKASH PANDEY]... Hume's leaf warbler or Hume's warbler (Phylloscopus humei) is a small leaf warbler which breeds in the mountains of inner Asia. This warbler is migratory and winters mainly in India. This bird is named after Allan Octavian Hume. Like most similar songbirds, it was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage. Hume's leaf warbler is one of the smallest "Old World warblers". Like most other leaf warblers, it has greenish upperparts and off-white underparts. With its long supercilium, crown stripe and yellow-margined tertial remiges, it is very similar to the yellow-browed warbler (P. inornatus). However, it has only one prominent light wing bar, just a faint vestige of the second shorter wing bar, and overall duller colours. It also has a dark lower mandible and legs. Its
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