Genus D r y m o i p u s , Bonaparte.
1 3 0 . D r y m o i p u s i n o r n a t u s , Sykes.
Prinia macrura, Frankl., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1831, p. 118; Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. si, p. 4, 1846.
Prinia inomata, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1883, p. 89; Jerdon, Madr. Journ, vol. si, p. 4, 1840;
Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. siii, p. 876, 1844, vol. xviii, p. 813, 1849; Fraser, Zool.
Typ., pi. xliv, 1848-49; Layard, Ann. Nat. Hist., 1853, .p. 368; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i,
p. 197, 1869.
Sylvia longicaudata, Tickell, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. ii, p. 576, 1833.
Prinia franklinii, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. siii, p. 876, 1844.
Prinia fusca, Hodgs., in Gray’s Zool. Misc., p.'83, 1844; id., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1845, p. 39; Gray,
Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 63, 1846.
Drymoica fusca, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. svi, p. 460, 1847;
Drymoica inomata, Blyth, t. c., p. 459, 1847; id., Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 143,1849; Gray,
Gen. B., vol. i, p. 164, 1848; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co.,'vol. i, p. 338, 1854;
Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal., Coll. Hodgs., 1868, p. 39.
Suya inomata, Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 381, 1850.
Drymoipus inornatus, Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 198,1868; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal,
vol. xxxix, 1870, p. 107; Holdsw., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1873, p. 456; Henders. & Hume, Lahore
to Yarkand, p. 315, pi. svii, fig. 1, 1878; Hume, Stray Feathe^, 1873, pp. 489, 494; Ball,
op. cit., 1874, p. 440; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 846, 1873; Brooks, Stray Feathers,
1875, p. 395. , , . ...
Drymoipus longicaudatus, Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 180, 1863; Henders. & Hume, Lahore to
Yarkand,p. 315, pi. svii, fig. 3,1878; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 194; Hume, op. cit., 1876,
pp. 39, 407; op. cit., 1877, p. 93; Adams., op. cit., 1873, p. 382; Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind-
B.,p. 850, 1878; Brooks, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 395; Brooks, op. cit., 1876, pp. 339, 374;
Butler, op. cit., 1875, p. 488; id., op. cit., 1877, p. 386; Fairbank, op. (At., 1876, p. 359.
Prinia longicauda, Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 197-, 1869.
Drymoipus terricolor, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 383, 1876, p. 407 ; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind.
B., p. 349,1873.
Drymoipus longicauda, Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 414.
Drymoipusfuscus, Hume, Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 348,. 1873.
Drymceca longicaudata, Blyth & "Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. sliv, 1875, es. No., p. 118.
Drymoipus longicaudatus, Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. slv, 1876, p. 80.
a. 8 Bham6, 24th February 1868.
b. Muangla, 18th May 1868.
■c. Momien, 29th May 1868.
In bushes and hedgerows. Uncommon.
Genus P r i n i a , Horsfield.
181. P r i n i a r u f e s c e n s , Blyth.
Prinia rufescens, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xvi, p. 456, 1847; Gray, Gen. B., p. 162,
1848; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 143,1849; Bonap. Consp., t.i,p. 284, 1850;
Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 173, 1863; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 196, 1869; Blyth & Walden,
Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, ex. No., p. 119.
a. b. c. Bham6, 23rd, 27th, and 29th January 1868.
Rufescent, dark olive-brown above, rufous more intense on the lower back.
Quills edged with bright ferruginous. Chin and throat white, slightly ashy on
the breast. Abdomen rufescent white. Tail-hair brown. Bill black. Legs fleshy
Coloured.
The species is very near JP. gracilis, which I also obtained at Bham&, but it has
a shorter wing. The only differences between the specimens and the type are
that the tail is not so rufescent in the birds from Bhamd and the breast is faintly
cinereous.
132. P r i n i a g r a c i l i s , Eranklin.
Prinia gracilis, Frankl., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1836, p. 119; Gray, Gen. B., vol. i, p. 162, 1848; Blyth,
Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 143, 1849; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 172, 1863; G.
King, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xxxvii, 18,68, p. 215; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i, p. 196,
1869; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1878, p. 414; Hume, i. c., p. 478; id., op. cit., 1875, p. 186; id.,
Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 341, 1878; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv,
1875, ex. No., p". 119; Butler, Stray Feathers, 1876, p. 480,.
a.. $ Bhamd, 28th January 1868.
1 3 3 . P r i n i a h o d g s o n i , Blyth.
Prinia gracilis, Jerdon, Madr. Journ., vol. xi, p. 8, 1840.
Prinia hodgsoni, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xiii, p. 376, 1844; id., op. cit., vol. xvi,p. 456,
1847; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 68, 1846; id., Gen. B., vol. i, p. 162,
1848; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus., As. Soc., Bengal, p. 148,1849; Bonap. Consp., t. i, p. 284, 1850;
Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co., vol. i, p. 822, 1854; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. ii, p. 173,
1868; Gray, Cat. Mamm., &c., Nepal, Coll. Hodgs., p. 28, 1868; Gray, Handl. B., vol. i,
p. 196, 1869; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 136; id., op. cit., 1876, p. 87; Ball, t.c.,
p. 284; Fairbank, t. c., pp. 259 and 265; Hume, t. c., p. 40; id., Nests and Eggs, Ind. B.,
p. 842, 1878; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xliv, 1875, ex. No., p. 119;
W. Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 466.
Prinia albigularis, Walden, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4), vol. v, p. 219, 1870; Blyth, Ibis, 1871, p. 112.
a. b. 8 Muangla, 19th May 186&
c. Sanda, 26th July 1868.
I have compared these specimens with Blyth’s types, from which they in no
way differ.
Genus C i s t i c o l a , Kaup.
1 3 4 . C i s t ic o l a m e l a n o c e p h a l a , Andr.
Cisticola melanocephala, Anders., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 212; Godwin-Austen, Journ. As. Soc.,
Bengal, vol. xliii, 1874, p. 165, pi. ix, fig. 2; id., op. cit., vol. xlv, 1875, p. 80.
Cisticola ruficottis, Walden, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4), vol. vii, p. 241, 1871; Stray Feathers, 1875,
p. 283; op. cit., 1877, p. 90; Hume, t. c., pp. 93, 140.
ft. b. Sanda, July 1868.
Total length 4 " -3 5 ; wing 1 " * 7 0 ; tail 2 " ; tarsus 0 " * 7 2 ; bill 0**52.
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