164 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



This species is said to have a large hind claw, and a slender 

 Regulus-Wka bill. Blyth suggests that it may be the young oi H. 

 hrunneifrons. 



From the same locality as the last. 



529. Horeites major, Hodgson. 

 Moore, P. Z. S., 1854. 



The Large Hill-Warbler. 



Descr. — Above olive-brown reddish, on the wings ; tail rounded, 

 and of a dusky brown, the outer webs fringed with olive-brown ; 

 cap red-brown ; a yellowish ferruginous superciliary streak extend- 

 ing over the ear-coverts, which are ruddy brown above, ashy 

 beneath ; throat, sides of neck, centre of breast, and abdomen, ashy 

 white ; sides of the breast and flanks olive-brown. 



Bill dark horny, fleshy at the base beneath ; feet yellowish. 

 Length 5 Inches ; wing 2^ ; tail 2,4y ; bill at front f ; tarsus ^q. 



This species has a comparatively larger bill, and longer wing 

 than the others of the genus, and also stronger feet. From Nepal. 



I obtained two species, apparently of this genus, on the Khasia 

 hills, from 5,000 to 6,000 feet of elevation. They frequent the 

 grassy hills, hiding themselves with celerity, and in their habits 

 closely resemble Locustella. 



Sub-fam. Drymoicin^, Wren- Warblers. 



Bill moderately long and compressed ; wings short, rounded ; 

 tail long, more or less graduated ; legs and feet moderately strong. 



This group comprises a considerable series of birds, highly char- 

 acteristic of the Indian region, but found throughout the warmer 

 portions of the old world, and very abundant in Africa, a few 

 species only extending to the South of Europe, and several to 

 Australia. They are mostly of diminutive size; and, except in a 

 remarkable Australian group, of dull plumage. They chiefly 

 frequent bushy ground, hedge-rows and the like, a few only being 

 found in tree jungle, and a few in long grass. They are active 

 and sprightly in their habits, and are somewhat garrulous, but few 

 of them capable of what could be called a song. They feed 

 exclusively on insects, which they pick off leaves or branches 



