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3. BURNESIA. 



Type. 

 Prinia auct. nee Horsf. 



Bumesia, Jerd. B. India, ii. p. 185 (1863, ex Blyth) B. lepida. 



Herpystera, Sundev. Av. Meth. Tent. p. 7 (1872) B. bairdi. 



Bill of Burnesia lepida. 



Range. Interior of Southern Africa. West Africa from Gaboon 

 to the Congo. N.E. Africa, extending through Egj'pt, Palestine, 

 and Asia Minor to India, being spread over the whole peninsula 

 with Ceylon, and ranging throughout the Burmese countries to 

 Southern China and Formosa. 



Key to tlie Species. 



a. With no subterminal bar on the tail-feathers. 

 «'. Flanks imiform. 



a". Back olive-yellowish or olive-brown; 

 head grey. 

 a'". Abdomen and sides of body yellow ; 



under wing-coverts yellow flaviventris ad., p. 204. 



V". Abdomen yellowish ; .sides of body 



and under wing-coverts tawny buff" so?m"<«?;s, p. 205. 

 c'". Abdomen white, like throat and 

 breast ; sides of body light ta^^aiy 



brown superciliaris, p. 206. 



b". Back brown ; fore neck narrowly 



streaked with blackish substriata, p. 206. 



c". Back ashj^ grey like head ; underneath 

 ash)' grey, with the upper throat and 



fore part of cheeks white leucopoffon, p. 207. 



b'. Flanks barred with black and white . . . bairdi, p. 207. 



b. With a more or less dark subterminal bar on 



the tail-feathers. 

 c'. Back uniform. 

 d". Head slaty grey. 



d'". Back .slaty grey like head socicdis festiv., p. 208. 



e'". Back chocolate-brown, contrasting 



with slaty-grey head socialis hiem., p. 209. 



e". Head olive or olive-brown. 

 /"'. Tail-feathers tipped with yellow . . flaviventris ]vi\ ., p. 204. 

 g'". Tail-feathers tipped with whitish . . superciliaris ]\xy., p. 206. 

 d'. Back streaked. 

 /". Darker brown, with broader streaks of 

 dark brown ; subterminal band on tail 



very distinct gracilis, p. 210. 



g" . Lighter brown, with narrower streaks 

 of dark brown ; subterminal band on 

 tail less distinct lepida, p. 211. 



