72 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 



B. — 'Ui^per plumage some shade of green. Genus Acan- 

 thopnsuste. 



(1) Upper plumage bright green ; length about 5. 

 A. nitidus nitidus (Green Willow Warbler), 



(2) Upper plumage dull green ; length about 4*2. 

 A. nitidus viridamis (Greenish Willow Warbler). 



(3) Upper plumage very dark green ; length about 



5-4. 

 '■'''■ A. magnirostris (Large-billed Willow Warbler). 



III. — Resident Wren Warblers ; tail of 10 feathers ; plumage 

 not streaked ; under tail coverts normal. Genus Prinia. 



A. — Upper plumage deep bluish ash-colour; length 

 about 4*75. 



Prinia socialis socialis (Ashy Wren-Warbler). 



B. — Upper plumage dusky-brown. 



(1) Length 6 or over. 



P. sylvatica rohnsta (Jungle Wren Warbler). 



(2) Length about 5-25. 



P. inornata jerdoni (Southern Wren Warbler). 



LOCUSTELLA CERTHIOLA. 



Pallas' Grasshopper Warbler. 



Locustella certhiola (Oates, Vol. I., p. 352; Legge, p. 548). 



Description. — Feathers of the head blackish-brown with 

 olive-brown edges ; those of the back, scapulars, and wing 

 coverts brownish-black with broad reddish-brown margins ; 

 wing quills brown with pale rufous-brown margins ; rump 

 reddish-brown ; upper tail coverts reddish-brown with a large 

 black drop on each feather ; tail olive-brown with similar, but 

 more irregular, black drops and rufous margins, the tips of all 

 but the two central feathers whitish. A streak above the eye 

 yellowish-white ; lores and a patch behind the eye brown ; 

 chin, throat, and middle of abdomen whitish ; rest of lower 

 plumage buff, darkening on the flanks and lower tail coverts 

 to chestnut -brown. 



