ilns prorincialis ; the wing also resembles that |,inl, ex&pt llii 

 iirst primary is larger in proportion. Tail of similar form, hut proportionately 

 shorter; the outer feathers arc '3$ shorter than the central ones; length 47, 

 expanse 6'2, tail from vent 2, wing 1-9; wings, when closed, reach to within 

 i'6 of end of tail, bill at front 0*35, tarsus o'S, weight 0-3 of an oz. (Brooks) 

 /,'v. Str. F. i. p. 200. 



Hdb. Sirid, Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Beloochistan, S. K. Persia, S. 

 Afghanistan. Ruppel's Streaked Wren Warbler is a resident of the bare stony 

 hills which run down from the Khyber Pass to the sea. It breeds from 

 February to April, building in low thorny scrub a globular nest of thin dry 

 grass stems, with an opening the side and lined with fine down. Eggs pure 

 to pinky white, speckled arid streaked witli bright red, most dense towards the 

 larger end. Size o'6 by 0*5 inch. 



Gen. Sutbria. Nicholson. 



Bill long and slender, rather wide at base ; rictal bristles few ; culmen 

 exceeding the hind toe and claw in length ; 5th and 6th quills longest and 

 equal; tail of 12 feathers, strongly graduated or rounded, with the middle tail 

 feathers elongated beyond the rest and pointed. The birds of this genus, also 

 of Orthotomus', are remarkable for the beautiful nests they make. 



346. Sutoria SUtoria, (Forst.\ Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vii. p. 215 ; 

 Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 107. Motacilla sutoria, Forst., Ind. Zool., p. 17. 

 Motacilla longicauda, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 954. Orthotomus longicauda, 

 Moore, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 81 ; Jerd., B. Ind. ii. p. 165, No. 530; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, p. 331; Hume, Sir. F. iii. p. 135; Bl. and Wald., B 

 Burm. p. 120; Murray, Vert. Zool., Sind> p. 151. Orthotomus edele (Tern.) 

 apud. Bl. and Wald., B. Burm. p. 120. Orthotomus siitorius, Sharpe, 

 Ibis. 1877, P- IO 9 j Oates, Str. F. y. p. 158; Hume and Dai>., Slr.F.\\. 

 p. 345 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 101 ; Scully, Str. F. viii. p. 305. The INDIV.V 

 TAILOR Buii). 



Forehead and crown rufous; back of head and heck ashy, with a \x-iy taint 

 rufous tinge 5 sides of nape with two dark brown setse on each side ; back, 

 scapulars, rump and upper tail coverts yellowish green ; edge of wing white ; 

 primaries and secondaries brown, edged with olive green, more distinct on the 

 secondaries ; all, for two-thirds their length, narrowly margined basally on the 

 inner webs with whitish; under wing coverts buffy white; tail light brown. 

 the central feathers greenish, and the lateral ones edged on the outer web with 

 the same and tipped with white ; chin, throat, breast, belly and under tail 

 coverts white ; the flanks cinereous ; a dark spot on each side of the throat ; 

 bill horny brown, paler on the under mandible ; legs brown; irides reddish- 

 yellow. 

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