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the throat, and breast. The spotted tail, characteristic of the young 

 bird, seems to be retained in the first full winter dress ; and it is a 

 bird in this plumage which the late Lord Tweeddale described as 

 Prima raJJJesi, but which (thanks to the kindness of Capt. Wardlaw 

 Ramsay in lending me the type) I am able to affirm is not specifically 

 separable from P. Jlaviventris ; the larger bill, supposed to be a 

 distinguishing character of P. rafiesi, is equalled by more than one 

 Pegu specimen. 



Hah. Grass-lands of Upper Bengal, extending westwards into 

 Scinde, and eastwards along the Terai to the vicinity of Calcutta 

 and the Bengal .Suuderbuns, and through the Burmese countries to 

 Malacca and Sumatra. 



a. Ad.sk. Bengal. India Museum. 



b. Ad. sk. Nepal {Hodgson). India Museum. 



c. Ad. sk. Khasia hills {Jerdon). Gould Collection. 



d. S ad. sk. Pegu, March 22, 1881. Eugene W. Gates, Esq. [C 



e. Ad. sk. Pegu, April 2\, 1881. Eugene W. Gates, Esq. [C 

 /. 2 ad. sk. Pegu, April :?2, 1881. Eugene W. Gates, Esq. [0 

 ff. (S ad. ,sk. Mvitkyo, Pegu, May 7, Eugene W. Gates, Esq. [C 



' 1875. 

 h. Juv. sk. Paghein, Pegu, Aug. 15, Eugene W. Gates, Esq. [C.]. 



1880. 

 i. (5 ad. sk. Malewoou, Tenasserim, W. Davison, Esq. [C.]. 



April 12, 1875. 

 k. Ad. sk. Malacca {Cantor). India Museum. 



I. Ad. .'<k. Malacca. Capt. Stackhouse Pinwill 



[P-]- 

 m. (5 ad. sk. Singapore Island, Feb. (5, W. Davison, Esq. [C], 

 1877. 



2. Burnesia souitans. 



Prinia sonitaus, Swinh. Zooloyist, 1858, p. 6:?29 ; id. Ibis, 1860, p. 50, 

 1863, p. .302 ; Gray, Hund-l. B. i. p. l'J6,no. 2701 (1869); Sivinh. 

 Ibis, 1870, p. 345;' id. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 351 ; David ^- Oustakt, 

 Ois. Chine, p. 262 (1877). 



Adult. Very similar to P. jlaviventris, but distinguished by its 

 under wing-coverts, which are tawny buif instead of yellow ; on the 

 breast, too, is a tinge of tawny buff, such as is only seen in winter- 

 plumaged young of P. Jlaviventris, and the sides of the body are 

 tawny buff, with a little yellow on the lower abdomen ; " bill and 

 inside of mouth black ; feet brownish yellow, claws darker ; iris 

 oratige-yellow '' {David). Total length 4'1 inches, culmeu 0"5, 

 wing 1"8, tail 2-25, tarsus 0"85. 



Hab. South China, Formosa and Hainan. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.J. 

 Gould Collection. 

 R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



