DRYMOICIN^. 185 



Gen. BuRNKSiA, Bljth. 



P-ill vcTj slender, lictal seta? minute and fine ; tail rrraduate; 

 Ic^fs loni: ; ]iluniag'' distinctly streaked; of small size and delicate 

 form ; otherwise i'.s In Drymoiinis. 



One species is found in India, and others apparently in Africa. 



550. Burnesia lepida, Blyth. 



Drymoica, npnd Blyth, J. A. S., XIII., 376; and XVI., 460 

 —Blyth, Cat. 807— Hoksf., Cat. 507— Khur-phoothi, H. at 

 Mon^hyr — Door, Sindh. 



The Strkaked Wren- Warbler. 



Descr. — General color light olive-grey above, each feather 

 having a medial dusky streak, broader on those of the crown 

 and back ; wings lii^ht dusky-lirown ; the feathers margined with 

 olive-grey, and ilie tail througiiout distinctlv, but olisoletely, 

 banded above with narrow transverse dusky ish lines, below pale, 

 with wliitish tips and a sub-tt-rminal dusky band, or rather spot, on 

 the inner web of each feather ; the under parts throughout are 

 greyish white ; the lores, and a slight superciliuin, of the same hue. 



Bill plumbeous above, carneous below; legs pale carneous- 

 yellow ; irides light yellowish brown Length 5^ inches ; wing 

 1| ; extent 5^ ; tail 2f ; tarsus f ; bill at front |. 



This streaked Warbler has hitherto been only found along the 

 banks of the Hooghly and the Indus. Mr. Blyth found it in the 

 former locality, where says he, " It inhabits low scrub interujixed 

 with tufts ot" coarse sedgv gi-ass, growiug in santly places by the 

 - river side, and it frequently flies out to feed among ti^o thin 

 herbage urowing alono- the mar^iin of the sand-dunes." I found 

 it not rare in 'I'amarisk scrub, on some larije churrs on the Ganoes, 

 at Monghyr. 



Dr. Gould, who observed it near Kurrachee, says, " It frequents 

 marshy bushes at the sea-side, in i^'cinde; it is difficult to find and 

 shoot, for it runs amonn the roots, and now and then it perches on 

 a twig, and gives forth a wheezy feeble song, and then drops 

 again into the thickets." It is also fiiiured amono- the drawing's of 

 Sir A. Burnes, who found it in the same locality as Dr. Gould. 



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