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rayed, the central ones most strongly so. xlll but the central ones 

 narrowly tipped fulvous white, and with an obscure subterminal dark 

 band; on the under surface, the shafts are white ; the ear-coverts niin- 

 ^\ed fulvous and pale rufous brown ; the sides of the neck streaked like 

 the back ; on either side of the throat descends from the gape, for about 

 half an inch, a band of tiny white feathers, with minute dark centres, 

 so as to produce the appearance of two or three regular rows of little 

 spots on ef'.ch side of the throat ; the chin and the centre of the throat, 

 breast and ab.iriinen white, tinged buffy on the two latter, and with all 

 the feathers c-f the throat and breast very faintly and narrowly tipped 

 with browii, so as to produce the appearance of a number of narrow, 

 faint, transverse bars. The flanks,' sides, vent and lower tail- coverts 

 are ti;iged with dull olive brown mingled with fulvous buff; the wing 

 lining is buify white, and so are the inner margins of the inner webs of 

 the quills as seen from below. 



Levgfh. — (Of the dry skin ; female) about six inches, wing 1'9, tail 

 from vent 2'75, bill at front about 0*45, tarsus 0'7, tail from vent 2"75, 

 legs and feet fleshy, bill brown, pale fleshy on lower mandible. — {Hitmen 

 S. F. i. p. 300.) 



Hab. — Sind (Kurrachee). 



Gen. Burnesia. — Bh/th. 



Bill very slender; vibrisste minute; tail as in the last; tarsi long; 

 other characters as in Drymoipiis. 



Burnesia gracilis, Biipp. Atl. t. 2.6 ; P. C. 466, 1. ; 8tr. F. vol. 

 V. p. 496. Burnesia lepida, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xiii. 376 ; xvi. 460 ; 

 Gould. B. Asia, pi. Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 185, No. 550 ; Murray, Hdhk., 

 Zvol., Sj-c, Sind, p. 158. — The Streaked Ween Warbler. 



Head, back, scapulars and upper tail-coverts light olive gvey, each 

 feather mesially streaked with dusky brown ; quills dusky brown, the 

 feathers margined on their outer webs with the colour of the back ; 

 lores and supercilium whitish; tail olive grey, the feathers with 

 distinct, but obsolete transverse dusky bars, a subterminal dark spot 

 on the inner web of each feather and tipped white ; chin, throat, 

 breast, belly and vent greyish white ; bill dusky brown ; the lower 

 mandible pale fleshy; irides yellowish brown. 



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



Hah. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Beloochistan and Persia; also 

 Bengal, Deccan, Kutch, Kattiawar, Jeypore, Jodhpore and North Guzerat. 

 As in most parts of Western India, it is a resident in Sind, breeding 

 from May to July. 



Gen. Scotocerca. 



Scotocerca inquieta, Rupp. Syst. Uehers. p. 56 ; Heugl. Ibis, 

 1869, p. 129; id. Orn. N. 0. Afr. i. p. 244; Sund. Meth. Nat. Av. 

 Tent. p. 7; Blf. Ibis, 1874; id. East. Persia ii. p. 207, pi. xiii. f. 2; 

 Sir. F. i. 200; ii. 329; Murray, Hdbh., Zool.,Sfc., Sind, p. 159. Malurus 

 inquietus, ttupp. Atl. Reise. N. Afr. Aves. p. 55. Curruca famula, Hemp. 



