376 STLYIID^E. 



b". Crown darker than upper plumage . . F. rufescens, p. 377. 

 b'. Tips of tail-feathers longer than width of 



feathers and pure white F. buchanani, p. 378. 



b. Forehead rufous; crown bluish ashy F. cinereicapilla, p. 379. 



382. Franklinia gracilis. Franklin 9 s Wren- Warbler. 



Prinia gracilis, Frankl. P. Z. S, 1831, p. 119 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 143 ; 



Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 172 ; Hume, N. $ E. p. 341 ; id. S. F. iii, p. 136 ; 



Anders. Yunnan Exped., Aves, p. 641 ; Hume, Cat. no. 536 ; 



Brooks, S. F. viii, p. 476 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 216. 

 Prinia hodgsoni, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 376 (1844) ; Blt/th, Cat,. 



p. 143 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. i, p. 322 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 173 ; 



Hume, N. fy E. p. 342 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 136; Legge, S. F. iii, 



p. 203 ; Anders. Yunnan Expcd., Avas, p. 641 ; Hume Sf Dav. S. F. 



vi, p. 348 ; Oates, S. F. vii, p. 48 ; Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 523 ; 



Hume, Cat. no. 538 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 217 ; Hume, S. F. xi, 



p. 208. 

 Prinia rufula, Godiv.-Aust. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 47 ; id. J. A. S. B. xliii, 



pt. ii, p. 105, pi. ix, fig. 2 ; Hume, S. F. iii, p. 397 ; id. Cat. 



no. 536 ter. 

 Cisticola gracilis (Frankl.), Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 253 j Oates, 



B. B. i, p. 119. 

 Franklinia gracilis (Frankl.), Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, 



p. 240. 



Franklin's Wren- Warbler ; the Malabar Wren- Warbler, Jerd. 



Fig. 119. Bill of F. gracilis. 



Coloration. In summer the upper plumage, sides of the head, 

 wings, and tail are ashy grey, the wings edged with pale rufous, 

 the tail with a subterminal patch of brown on each feather and 

 tipped with whitish ; ear-coverts whitish in front, greyish behind ; 

 cheeks, chin, throat, abdomen, vent, and under tail-coverts white ; 

 breast ashy ; under wing-coverts and axillaries white. 



In winter the upper plumage and tail are rufous-brown ; the 

 wings brown, broadly edged with rufous ; the tail with subterminal 

 dark patches and white tips ; under plumage white, tinged with 

 fulvous ; a whitish line over the lores reaching to the eye. 



Iris hazel-red ; edges of eyelids orange ; legs yellowish orange ; 

 claws horn-colour ; bill dark brownish black ; mouth black. After 

 the breeding-season the mouth becomes flesh-coloured and the edges 

 of the eyelids change to plumbeous. 



Length 4'5 ; tail 1/9 ; wing 1'8 ; tarsus *7 ; bill from gape "55 ; 

 in winter the tail is longer, measuring about 2*4 inches, and the 

 total length of the bird is correspondingly increased. 



