178 BIRDS OF INDIA. 



Gen. Dkymoipus, Bonap, 



Char. — Bill short or of moderate length, nearly entire, ratlier 

 deep at the base ; culmen moderately curving ; rictus bristled ; 

 wings very short and rounded, the first three quills nearly equally 

 graduated, 4th and 5th longest; tail graduated, long, of ten feathers, 

 the feathers obtuse ; tarsus long ; feet moderate ; claws moderately 

 curved. 



The genus Drymoipus was instituted by Bonaparte for the 

 Asiatic Drymoiccs. It differs from Prinia in its shorter, deeper, 

 less slender bill, more developed rictal bristles ; and they usually 

 frequent low bush cover rather than tree jungle. The species have 

 usually been classed under Dnjmoica, but Bonaparte has separated 

 the Indian species from the African ones, and though unaware in 

 what points they differ, I shall follow Mr. Blyth's example, and 

 keep them distinct. 



543. Drymoipus inornatus, Sykes. 



Sykes, Cat.79— Jerdon, Cat. 118— Bltth, Cat. 804— Horsf., 

 Cat. 510 — P. macroura, Franklin — P. Franklinii, Bltth, Cat. 

 805 (in part) — Prinia fusca, Hodgson — Lota-kun-jitta, Tel. — 

 Niong-'pho. Lepch. 



The Common Wren-Warbler. 



Descr. — Head and back gi-eyish brown, with :m olivaceous tinoe 

 on the head and hind neck; wings l»rown, edged pale rufous; tail 

 rufous or brownish, with a terminal dark spot, and the centre tail 

 feathers obsoletely banded; a whitish supercilium, and whitish 

 lores and chin ; beneath whitish with a faint fulvescent tinge ; 

 thiiihs pale ferruginous brown. 



Bill (luyky brown above, yellowish or fleshy at the base beneath ; 

 legs fleshy yellow; irides brownish yellow. Length 5 to 5i inches ; 

 wing If to \-^^ ; tail 2f ; bill at front |, tarsus -,"j,. 



Horstield, in his Catalogue, has joined Sykes and Franklin's 

 species, which last Mr. Blyth had already united to Hodgson's 

 fnsca. Under his number 510 he has placed specimens from Col. 

 Sykes, from ^Ir. Hodgson and from Bengal; and I have no doubf^ 

 has carefully compared tlicm together. On examining my notes, 



