200 TmELHD^. 



Drymoipus jerdoni, Jerd. i.e. p. 180 (1863) ; Holdsw. P. Z. S. 1872, 



p. 45(3; Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 437, 1874, p. 453. 

 Drymoipus neg-lectus, Jenl. i.e. p. 182; Hume, Nests and Eggs Lid. 



B. p. 352 (1873) : Ball, Str. F. 1874, p. 414. 

 Drymoeca valida, Blyth, Ibis, 1867, p. 302 ; mime, Str. F. 1879, 



p. 101 ; Ler/qe, B. ^Ceylon, p. 525 (1880) ; Parker, Str. F. 1880, 



p. 480. 

 Suya gangetica, Bhjth, Ibis, 1867, p. 23 ; mime, Str. F. 1877, p. 138, 



1878, p. 6, 1879, p. 101. 

 Prinia valida. Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 197, no. 2719 (1869). 

 Prinia gangetica, Gray, t. c. p. 197, no. 2730 (1869). 

 Drymoepus nifescens, Hume, Ibis, 1872, p. 110. 

 Drymoipus rufescens, Hume, Nests and Fqqs Ind. B. p. 351 (1873) ; 



Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 484; HunK, t.c.\. 484; Brooks, Str. F. 



1876, p. 229. 

 Drymoipus insignis, Htime, Nests and Eggs Ind. B. p. 351 (1873) ; 



id. Str. F. 1873, p. 10; Ada77i, t. c. p. 382. 

 Drymoica rufescens, Hume, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 217. 

 Drymreca insignis, Hume, Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 217, 1879, 



p. 101. 

 Drymoeca rufescens, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 101 ; Davidson <§• TVenden, 



t. c. p. 407 ; Vidal, Str. F. 1880, p. 68. 

 Dr\Tnceca sylvaticn, Hume, Str. F. 1879, p. 101. 

 Drymoeca jerdoni, Hume, t.c. p. 101; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 527 



(1880) ; Parker, Str. F. 1880, p. 480. 

 Drymoeca neglecta, Hume, t. c. p. 101 ; Davidson Sf Wenden, t. c. 



p. 407 : Butler, Cat. B. S. Bombay Pres. p. 50 (1880) ; Vidal, Str. 



F. 1880, p. 68. 



Adult male in hreeding -plumage. General colour above dark 

 brown, a little paler on the lower back and rump ; the head and 

 hind neck distinctly different to the back, and of a dusky ash-brown ; 

 lesser and median wing-coverts dark brown, with ashy margins ; 

 scapulars also dark brown washed with ashy ; greater coverts brown, 

 with reddish-brown margins ; bastard-wing feathers dusky, edged 

 with ashy ; quills brown, edged with reddish brown, inner secon- 

 daries a little more ashy on margins ; upper tail-coverts and centre 

 tail-feathers pale reddish brown, crossed with obscure dusky bars 

 in certain lights, the next feathers brown along the outer web, 

 white on the inner ; this white on the inner web is more or less 

 shaded witli pale sooty brown, diminishing in extent towards the 

 outer feathers of the tail, the external tail-feather being almost en- 

 tirely white; lores dull white; no eyebrow; ear-coverts dusky brown, 

 with obscure yellowish shaft-lines ; cheeks and under surface of 

 body yellowish white, ])ure white on the abdomen ; sides of upper 

 breast ashy ; flanks fulvescent ; thighs tawny brown ; under tail- 

 coverts pale yellowish white ; under wing-coverts and axillaries 

 very pale tawnj' ; quills ashy brown below, rufescent along inner 

 web. Total length 6-3 inches, culmen 0-55, wing 2-55, tail 2-85, 

 tarsus 0-9. 



Winter plumage. Differs from the breeding-dress in having the 

 head brown like the back, but especially in the tail, which has no 

 white on the inner web, but, on the contrary, has the external 



