176 • TIMELIIB-E. 



Outermost tail - feather much 

 longer, and falling short of the 

 remainder by li'ss than the 

 length of the culnien ; bill flatter 

 and more- equilateral for the 



whole of its length 7. Phyllergates*,p. 229, 



e". Bill shorter and stouter, the culmen 



more curved, and about equal to or 



less than the hind toe and claw. 



'". Tail-feathers very slender and 



narrow, the breadth of the centre 



feathers not equal to the length 



of the hind toe (without claw) . . 9. Spiloptila, p. 231. 

 d'". Tail-feathers much broader, the 

 breadth of the centre feathers 

 equal to or exceeding the length 

 of the hind toe (without claw). 

 c*. With four well developed rictal 



bristles 10. Gbaminicola, p. 233. 



d*. With two well developed rictal 



bristles 11. Cisticola, p. 235. 



d' . Tail quite even. 

 /". Tarsus scutellated. 



e'". First primary long, half the length 



of the whole wing 12. Chthonicola, p. 290. 



/'". First primary narrow and short; 

 half the length of the second 



primary 13. Acanthiza, p. 291. 



g". Tarsus plain 14. Sebicornis, p. 300. 



1- SUYA. ^^p^ 



Suya, Hodgs. Asiatic Besearch. xix. p. 183 (1836) S. cnniger, 



Decurus, Hodqs. J. A. S. Beng. x. p. 28 (1841) S. criniger. 



Blanfordius, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 300 S. criniger. 



Of. Hume, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. pp. 1-6. 



Bill of Siti/a criniger a. 



Ecmge. From Scinde throughoiit the Himalayas and hills of 

 Southern China and Formosa, extending through the Burmese hills 

 to Mooleyit in Tenasserim. Sumatra. 



Key to the Species. 

 a. Head streaked. 



a . BiU black ; tail-feathers generally 



abraded and pointed; no eyebrow. . crinigera ptil. sestiv., p. 178, 



* Near this genus is to be inserted No. 8, Genus T/iamnornis, which is 

 unknown to me. 



