254 TURDID^E. 



extract the following key to the species from Mr. Seebohm's Cat. B. Br. Mils, 

 vol. v. p. 76. 



(Subgeneric Group Idunce.) 



A. General colour of the upper parts brown or grey ; under parts white 



or pale brown ; outside tail feathers 0*15 to o'2 inch shorter than the 



longest. 



(a) 2nd primary intermediate between the 5th and 6th, bastard 

 primary falling short of the primary coverts by O'l inch, 

 or extending O'O5 beyond them. Length of wing 3-05 to 

 2 f S inches , H. languida. 



B. Bastard primary exceeding the primary coverts by at least OT inch. 



(a) General colour of the upper parts pale sandy brown or 

 isabelline brown H. olsoleta. 



C. General colour of the upper parts darkish rufous brown or grey. 



(a) 2nd primary generally intermediate between the 5th anJ 

 6th ; bastard primary exceeding the primary coverts from 

 o'l to 0*3 inches. Length of wing 275 to 2*5 inches; 

 culmen 07 to 0*6 H. pallida. 



(J)) 2nd primary generally intermediate between the 7th and 

 8th, or 8th and gth ; bastard primary exceeding the primary 

 coverts from 0*2 to 0*4 inch. Length of wing 2-53 to 2-3 

 inches; culmen 0*6 to 0^53 Jl.rama. 



(c) 2nd primary generally intermediate between 6th and 7th ; 

 bastard primary exceeding the primary coverts 0*15 to 0*26. 

 Length of wing 2*38 to 2-28 inches; culmen 0-51 to 

 O'5 H. caligata. 



304. Hypolais rama, Sykes P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89; Blf. East. Pers. 

 ii. p. 187 ; ffume, Str. F. vol. vii. 183, 396; Murray, Hdbk. ZooL, fyc., Sind, 

 p. 1 60 ; Seebohm, Gat. B. Br. Mus. vol. v. p. 84. Phyllopneuste rama, (Sykes) 

 Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 189, No. 553; Murray, Vert. ZooL, Sind, p. 157. SYKES' 

 TREE-WARBLER. 



Seebohm (Cat. B. Br. Mus.) describes this as " a shade darker in colour, 

 both above and below, than typical, H. pallida* It is on an average a some- 

 what smaller bird, with a shorter second primary and a longer bastard primary. 

 The 3rd, 4th and 5th primaries are nearly equal and longest ; the second is 

 usually intermediate in length between the 7th and 8th, and not infrequently 

 between the 8th and 9th, and in rare instances between the 6th and 7th. The 

 bastard primary exceeds the primary coverts by o'2 to 0*4 inch/' 



Length. Of wing 2-53 to 2-3 inches ; tail 2-25 to 19; culmen o'6 to 0*53 ; 

 tarsus 0-85 to O'8 ; outside tail feathers o'25 to 0-15 inch shorter than longest. 

 After the autumn moult the under parts are somewhat more suffused with pale 



