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eyebrow, pale tawny bUff ; an ashy spot in front of the eye ; ear coverts tawny 

 buff, the upper edge ashy ; cheeks and under surface of body, also the thighs 

 and under tail coverts; tawny buff ; sides of the body and flanks rich fulvotis ; 

 under wing coverts and axillaries pale tawny buff ; bill black ; legs pale horny ; 

 irides buff. 



Length. 37 inches; wing 1-65; tail 1*95; tarsus O'S; culmen 0*45. 



Hdl.-- Himalayas from Nepaiil to Gungaotri arid Mu'ssoorie. 



Habits similar to those o the preceding species; also nest and eggs. 



355. CiStiCOla pOllOCephala, (A. Anderson} Sharpe, Cat. B. Br. 

 Mus, vii. p. 257. Pririia polio'cephala, A. Anders. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 370', 

 pi. 19 ; Hume, Str. F. 1878, ii. p'. 319; id. Sir. F. 1879, p. 101.; id. 1880, 

 p. 286. The GREY-HEADED WR&N-WARBLER. 



Differs from Cisticola Beavani iri Having a slaty grey head and n'o sup'er- 

 ciliurri. 



Length. 3*8 inches; wing 175 ; tail i'S ; tarsus 0*8. 

 Hab. Himalayas, Nepaul; and Kumaon. 



356. CiStiCOla Cisticola, (Tern.) Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p. 259; 

 Gales, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 115. Sylvia cisticola, Tern. Man. d'Orn. i. 

 p. 228; id. pi. col. 6, fig- 3>. Prinia cursitans, Frank/. P. Z. S. 1831, 

 p. 118. Cisticola schoenicola, Bonap. Conip. List. B. Eur. and N. A?n. 

 p. 12 ; Jerd. B. Tnd. ii. p. 174, No. 539; Hume, Nesls and Eggs, p. 343; id.i 

 Str. F. \. p. 439, iii. 137; Blyih, B. Burm. p'. 119; Oates, Str. F. v. p. 158. 

 Salicaria brunniceps, Tern, et Schleg. Faun. Jap. Aves. p. 134, pi. 20'. 

 Cisticola munipurensis, Godw.- Austen, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 47; id. J. A. S. B. 

 xiii. pt. ii. p. 16^, pi. ix., fig. 2; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 397; viii. p. lOi. 

 Cisticoia cursitans, Dresser, B. Eur. iii. p. 3 ; Hume, Str. F. v. p. 90 ; 

 Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 349; Hume; Str. F. viii. p. 101. Cisticola 

 h'omaliira, Hume, Str. F. v. p j p. g^, 350;' viii. p. idi. The RUFOUS GRASS- 

 WARBLER: 



Forehead rufe'scent ; crowri, hindneck arid back dark brown, all the 

 feathers margined and edged with rufous ; rttmp and upper ta'ii coverts rufous ; 

 primaries and secondaries dusky brdWn, edged on their outer webs with pale 

 rufous ; tertiaries dark brown, edged and tipped with pale rufous ; edging 

 near the tips and the tips whitish ; tail dusky brown above, pale brown below, 

 the feathers with a broad subterminal band of black tipped with white ; the 

 dark spots and white tips more distinct on the under surface ; chin and throat 

 whitish or rufescent white ; breast and belly rufescent ; vent and under tail 

 coverts paler ; bill dusky brown ; the under mandible paler ; irides brownish. 



Length. 4'$ to 475 inches ; wings 2 to 2*25 ; tail 175 to 2; bill at front 

 0-25. 



