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SYLVIADyE. 



wing-coverts bufty white; tail light brown, the central feathers green- 

 ish, and the lateral ones edged on the outer web with the same and 

 tipped with white; chin, throat, breast, belly and under tail-coverts 

 white ; the flanks cinereous ; a dark spot on each side of the throat ; 

 bill horny brown, paler on the under mandible ; legs brown ; irides 

 reddish yellow. 



Length. — 6 to 6'5 inches, wing ]"9 to 2, tail 3*5, bill at front 0-5. 



Hah, — Throughout India to Nepaul and Cashmere, Ceylon and British 

 Burmah. Common in the Deccan, Concan, Kutch, Kattiawar and North 

 Guzerat, also the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, and Central 

 India. In Sind it is common in all the open country studded with trees, 

 and affects the acacias chiefly. Breeds in July and August. Eggs 2 

 to 4, white, spotted with reddish brown, thicker and closer at the larger 

 end. Nest made of leaves, stitched with cotton or fibre, and lined 

 with wool and cotton, 



Gen. Prinia. — Ilorsf. 



Characters same as those of Orthotonnis, but with the rictal bristles 

 distinct; tail more lengthened and graduated ; and the toes and claws 

 longer. 



Prinia flaviventris, Deless. ; Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 162, pi. 48; icL 

 Handlist, B. Br. Mus. p. 196, Jerd. B. India, ii. p. 169; Str. F. 

 1880, p. 386. — The Yellow-bellied Wren Warbler. 



Forehead, crown, nape, lores and ear-coverts dark ashy; back and 

 upper tail-coverts olive green ; quills dusky brown, margined on their 

 outer webs with olive green ; chin, throat and breast white ; belly 

 vent and under tail-coverts bright yellow; bill dark brown, the under 

 mandible paler; legs yellowish; irides i-eddish yellow. 



Length. — 5 to 5*25 inches, wing 1'75 to 2, tail 3, bill at front 0"o. 



Hah. — India generally, to Assam, Sylhet, Burmah and Nepaul. Not 

 found in Southern India. Breeds in Sind from June to September. 



Gen. Cisticola. — Kaup. 



Bill short, slender; wings short; 3rd, 4th and 5th quills equal and 

 longest; tail of 12 feathers, rather short. 



Cisticola schoenicola, Bp. ; P. C. 6-3; Gould. B. Eur. pi. 113; 

 Jerd. B. Lid. ii. p. 174, No. 539; Murray, LLlbk., Zool., Sfc, Sind, p. 

 156. Cisticola cursitans, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1831; Jerd. HI. Ind. Orn. 

 pi. 6; Str. F. i. p. 439; iii. pp. 137, 397; v. p. 90; vi. p. 349.— The 

 KuFous Grass Warbler. 



Forehead rufescent; crown, hind neck and back dark brown, all the 

 feathers margined and edged with rufous ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 rufous ; primaries and secondaries dusky brown, edged on their outer 

 webs with pale rufous ; tertiaries dark brown, edged and tipped with 

 pale rufous; edging near the tips and tlfe tips -whitish ; tail dusky 

 brown above, pale brown below, the feathers with a broad subterrainal 

 baud of black, tipped with white; the dark spots and white tips more 



