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disfcinct on the under surface ; chin and throat whitish oi' rufescent 

 white; breast and belly rnfescent ; vent and under tail-coverts paler; 

 bill dusky brown • the under mandible paler; iiides brownish. 



Length.. — J-^o to 4"75 inches, wing's 2 to 2'25, tail 1'75 to 2, bill at front 

 0-25. 



Hah. — India generally to Nepaul ; British Burmah, S. W. Europe, 

 Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Deccan, Concan, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jodhpore, 

 and N. Guzerat, also Bengal and Central India. 



In Sind it affects the tamarisk jungles along the banks of the Indus, 

 and breeds in July and August. 



Gen. Drymoipus. — Bp. 



Bill slender, shorter than in Fnnia ; vibrissaa more developed; wings- 

 short, rounded; 4th and 5th quills longest; tarsi long. 



Drymoipus inornata, Si/kes; Fms. ZooL ti/p. pi.; Jerd. B. Ind. 

 ii. p. 178, No. 543; Sir. F. vol. iii. 295, 483; iv". 229, 407; vii. 468; 

 Murray, ZooL, i^'c, Sind, p. 157. Drymoipus lougicaudatus. Tick. — • 

 The Common Wren Warbler. 



Forehead, crown, and hind neck grey brown with a faint olivaceous 

 tinge ; lores and superciiiuni whitish ; back grey brown, as are also the 

 scapulars, rump and upper tail-coverts ; quills brown, edged with pale 

 rufous on the outer web, and whitish on the margin of the inner web 

 for the basal two-thirds; wing-coverts brown ; tail rufescent brown, 

 the centre feathers obsoletely barred, and the lateral ones, with a 

 terminal dark spot ; cliin and throat whitish, rest of under surface 

 whitish, with a bulFy or fulvescent tinge, deeper on the flanks ; thigh, 

 coverts pale ferruginous or rufescent brown ; bill aiid legs horny 

 brown, the lower mandible paler; irides yellowish. 



Length. — 5 to 5'5 inches, wing \'7b to 2, tail "iwo, bill at front 0*5. 



Hah. — India to Nppaul. Occurs in the Deccan, Jeypore, Jodhpore, 

 8ambhur, Kutch, Kattiawar and N. Guzerat. Resident in Sind ; 

 breeds in July and August. Nest globular, made of fibrous materials, 

 lined with wool or cotton ; eggs 2 to 4, of a beautiful blue colour, with 

 hirge spots of reddish, purplish, or dark red brown. 



Gen- Blanfordius. — Hume. 



Allied to Snija. Tail of 12 feathers; wings, with the 5th, 6th and 

 7th quills equal and longest ; 4th equal to 8Lh ; 3rd nearly equal to 

 9th. 



Blanfordius striatulus, Hume, Sir. F. i. p 300; Murray, Hdblc, 

 ZooL, Sfc, Sind, p. 157. 



An obscure rufous white streak from the nostrils to the upper part 

 of the -eye. The whole upper parts dull greyish olive brown (the grey 

 preponderating on the head) all the feathers except those of the upper 

 tail-coverts conspicuously centred with darkbrown; wings pale hair brown, 

 all the feathers margined with pale rufescent olive; tail feathers a sort 

 of olive brown, tho feathers conspicuously darker, very Rtiff looking, 

 and with glistening shafts, all the feathers obsoletely transversely 

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