2. PEINIA. 185 



b'. With no subterminal bar ou the tail- 

 featliers. 

 c". Breast yellow ; throat white ; no 



white on tail below fiavicans hiem., p. 186. 



d". Breast creamy buff, as also the 

 throat ; tail distinctly white be- 

 low on the inner webs of the 

 feathers. 

 d'" . Much larger : wing 2'55 inches; 



head more dusky than back . . syhatica sestiv., p. 200. 

 e'". Smaller : wing 2'0o inches; head 



, „. uniform with back inornata asstiv., p. 197. 



b. With distinct stripes on the chest. 



c'. Throat striped as well as breast . . maculosa, p. 189. 

 d'. Throat uniform. 

 e". With no subterminal spots on 



tail-feathers; throat white Jlavicam hiem., p. 186. 



/". Tail with distinct subterminal 



spots; throat yellow hypoxantha, p. 190. 



e'. Throat white; breast pale yellow, 

 separated from the throat by a 

 broad black band , Jlavicans aestiv., p. 186. 



1. Prinia familiaris. 



Prinia familiaris, Horsf. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 165 (1820) • id 

 Zool. liesearch. Java, pi. 52 (1824) ; Sivainson, Zool. lllm. 2nd 'series' 

 m. pi. 97 (1832-33) ; Blytli, J. A. S. Beng. xvi. p 465 (1847) • 

 Gray Gen. B. i. p. 162 (1848) ; Bonap. Cons,,, i. p. 284 (1850) • 

 Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. B. KI. Co. 3Ius. i. p. 320 (1854) • Grm/ 

 Iland-l. B. i.p. 196, no. 2696 (1869); Ttceedd. Ibis, 1877, 'p 311 • 

 Salmd. Ann. Mm. Civic. Genov. xiy. p. 235 (1879) ; Nichols. Ibis' 

 1879, p. 169, 1881, p. 149, 1882, p. 61 yicaois. xots, 



Motacilla olivacea, Eaffl. Travis. Limi. Soc. xiii. p. 313 (IS^Q) 



Orthotomus prinia, Temm. PI. Col. text to pi. 599 (1836). 



Daseocharis familiaris. Cab. Mm. Hein. Th. i. p. 45 (1850). 



Orthotomus familiaris, Giebel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 768 (1875). ' 



Adult male. General colour above uniform brown, slightly washed 

 with olive, especially on the mantle, the feathers olive-brown with 

 yellow bases ; lesser wing-coverts like the back, the outer ones edged 

 with yeUow ; median and greater coverts dark brown, tipped with 



4. Figuier brun du Senegal, Dauhent. PI. Enl. vi. pi. 584 fie 1 • Buff H N 

 Ois. V. p. 284 (1778). ' ■ "S- ^ > ^W- ^- iv., 



Dusky Warbler, Lath. Gc?i. Syn. ii. pt. 2, p. 477 (178,3) 



Motacilla fuscata, Gni. Syst. Nat. i. p. 982 (1788, ex Baubent ) 



Sylvia fuscata, Lath. hid. Orn. ii. p. 535 (1790). 



Drymoica fuscata, Gray, Hmid-L B. i. p. 198, no. 27(j0 (1869). 

 Not kno\vn to me. 



The two following species are included by Mr. Gray in the Hand-list :— 



2724. Prinia? leucophrys, Boie. Hal>. Java. 



2725. Prinia ? phniymUoidcs, Kulil. Ned). Java. 



deecribe^d "°* *^ ^^^ succeeded in finding where these species have been 



