SUVA. 275 



Viii. p. 305 ; Sharpe, Cat, B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 177. Suva fuliginosa, Hodgs. 

 in Grays Zool., Misc.^ p. 82 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 184 ; Hume, Nests and E%gi, 

 p. 355 ; id., Str. F. viii. p. 101. Prinia striata, Swinh., Journ.N. China, As. 

 Soc. 1859, p. 227. Suya obscura, Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 507 ; vii. p. 2. Suya 

 striata, Dav. et. Oust Ois. Chine, p. 259; Hume, Str. F. vii. p. i. Blanfordius 

 striatulus, Hume, Str. F. 1873, p. 300; id., 1879, p. IQI ; Murray, Hdbk. 

 Zool., fyc., Sind, p. 157; id., Vert. Zool, Sind, p. 153. The BROWN HILL 

 WARBLER. 



Adult in breeding plumage. Above dull brown with a slight olive tint, the 

 feathers margined with greyish olive, causing a somewhat mottled appearance ; 

 lower back and rump more uniform ; wing coverts brown with greyish olive 

 edges, the outer coverts of the lesser series margined with yellowish white as 

 also the bastard wing and primary coverts ; -quills brown with hoary olive 

 margins and tips ; before the latter a dusky brown subterminal spot ; crown 

 <of the head ; Hke the back, and mottled in the same manner ; lores yellowish ; 

 no supercilium ; ear coverts and cheeks yellowish buff, the former dusky 

 along their upper margins; throat and under surface yellowish buff; sides 

 of the breast brown or mottled with dark brown bases to the feathers ; 

 abdomen a little clearer yellowish buff; -sides of the body and flanks light 

 olivaceous ; thighs a little more tawny like the abdomen ; under wing coverts 

 and axillaries light tawny. (Sharpe.) 



black ; tarsus fleshy ; claws brown and dusky ; iris straw or golden 

 jellow. (Scully.) 



Length. 5*8'; wing 2'i ; tail 2*3; tarsus O'S ; culmen 0*6. 



In non-breeding plumage, Dr. Scully says the bill is brown above ; the 

 lower mandible pale yellowish or pinkish horny, the head and upper back 

 more or less rufescent, and more or less deep brown, conspicuously striated 

 with pale more or less rufescent fawn or yellowish brown ; the quills margined 

 with bright ferruginous, the supercilium small and inconspicuous and of a 

 creamy colour. 



The young female (Suya obscura, Hume,) is described by Sharpe as being 

 brown above, with dusky centres to the feathers of the head and back, causing a 

 mottled appearance, less distinct on the back ; rump uniform brown ; lesser and 

 median wing coverts like the back ; greater coverts, bastard wing, primary 

 coverts and quills light brown, with reddish buff margins to the feathers, more 

 distinctly rufous on the outer edge of the primaries ; upper tail coverts darker 

 brown ; tail feathers brown ; with dusky cross bars under certain lights, the 

 edges and tips paler and more fulvous brown ; the tips plainer on all but the 

 two centre tail feathers and having a distinct subterminal spot of dusky brown ; 

 lores dull whitish, obscured by blackish tips ; no distinct eyebrow, but the super- 

 ciliary feathers, a little paler than the crown ; eyelid whitish ; ear coverts light 



