448 SYLVIID^E. 



b'". Upper plumage rufous-brown. ... P. socialis hyem., p. 450. 

 c"'. Upper plumage earthy-brown. 

 a 4 . Outer tail-feathers white j wing 



about 2'5 P. sylvatica Eest., p. 451. 



b\ Outer tail-feathers pale brown ; 



wing about 2. 

 a 5 . Subterminal spots on tail pale 



and indistinct P. inornata sest., p. 452. 



b 5 . Subterminal spots on tail dark 



and distinct P.jerdoni sest., p. 453. 



b". Bill brown, lower mandible very pale 



or flesh-coloured. 



d'". Upper plumage warm rufous- 

 brown; wing about 2-5 P. sylvatica hyem., p. 451. 



e'". Upper plumage earth-brown tinged 



with fulvous or green ; wing 2. 

 c 4 . Subterminal spots on tail obso- 

 lete or very indistinct P. inornata hyem., p. 452. 



d l . Subterminal spots on tail black 



and narrow P. jerdoni hyem., p. 453. 



e 4 . Subterminal spots on tail black 



and very broad, forming quite [p. 454. 



half a circle P. blanfordi sest. et hyem., 



462. Prinia lepida. The Streaked Wren-Warbler. 



Prinia lepida, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xiii, p. 376 (1844) ; Oates in Hume's 



N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 287. 

 Drymoica lepida (Blyth), Blyth, Cat. p. 143. 

 Suya lepida (Blyth}', Horsf. fy M. Cat. i, p. 327. 

 Burnesia lepida (Blyth\ Jerd. B. 1. ii, p. 185 ; A. Anderson, Ibis, 1872, 



p. 237 ; Brooks, S. F. v, p. 496, viii, p. 476 ; Hume, S. F. ix, p. 228 j 



Sharpe, Cat. B. M. vii, p. 211. 

 Burnesia gracilis (JRiqtp.}, apud Hume, N. fy E. p. 356 ; id. S. F. i, 



p. 195 j Adam, S. F.i, p. 382 ; Butler, S. F. iii, p. 485 ; Hume, 



Cat. no. 550 ; Doig, S. F. viii, p. 378 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 221. 

 Drymoipus lepidus (Blyth}, Brooks, S. F. iv, p. 274. 



Khur-phootki, Hind. ; Door, Sind. 



Coloration. Upper plumage and wing-coverts fulvous-brown, 

 streaked with dark brown ; wings brown, edged with fulvous ; tail 

 brown, distinctly cross-barred, tipped with white, and each feather 

 with a subterminal dark patch ; lores and round the eye whitish ; 

 ear-coverts whitish mottled with brown ; the whole lower plumage 

 very pale fulvous. 



Legs and feet fleshy white ; nails light brown ; iris yellow 

 (Bingham). 



Length about 5-5 ; tail 2-5 to 3 ; wiog 1'75 ; tarsus -65 ; bill 

 from gape *55 ; the tail appears to be of the same length in summer 

 and winter. The bill is black in summer ; in the winter the upper 

 mandible is pale brownish horny, the lower yellowish horny. 



Distribution. Throughout the greater part of the Punjab, Sind, 

 and Rajput-ana down to Cutch and Guzerat. This bird also extends 

 down the valley of the Gauges to its Delta and up the Assam 

 valley to the Dibong river, where Godwin- Austen procured it. 



