I'll I MA. 451 



4<I5. Prinia sylvatica. The Junyle Wrn>- WarMer. 

 1'rinia sylvatica, Jerd. M<i<lr. Jnurn. L. 8. xi, p. 4 (1840); Shar/ <-. 



Cat. B. M. vii, p. 191), pl^. vii, viii ; Oate* in Jlmnc'd JN r . $ E. 



'2nd ed. i, p. 299. 



I'riuia neglecta, Jerd. Madr. Journ. L. 8. xiii, pt. 2, p. 130 (1844). 

 DrymofcH sylvatica (Jerd.), Blyth, Cat.u. 142; Hursf. $ M. Cat. i, 



p. 327. 



I >rymoica neglecta (Jerd.),Biyth,Cat. p. 142 ; Horsf. $ M.Cat. i, p. 328. 

 Drymoica robusta, Blyth, J. A.. 8. B. xviii, p. 812 (1849) ; id. Cat. 



p. 142. 

 1 >miioioa valida. Il/ytfi, J. A. S. B. xx, p. 180 (1851) ; Hortf. $ M.Cat. 



p. 328 ; Hume, 8. F. vii, p. 395. 

 Drymoipus sylvaticus (Jerd,), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 181 ; Hume N. fy E. 



p. 351 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 220. 

 Drymoipus neglectus (Jerd.), Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 182 ; Hume, N. fy E. 



p. 352 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 220. 



Drymoipus jerdoni (Blyth), apud Stoliczka, J. A. 8. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 240. 

 Dry nice pus rufescens, Hume, Ibis, 1872, p. 110. 

 Drvmoipns rufesceus (Hume), Hume, N. fy E. p. 351 ; id. S F. ii, 



p. 453, iii, p. 408 ; Butter, 8.F. iii, p. 484 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 219. 

 Drymoipus insiguis, Hume, 8. F. i, p. 10 (1873) ; id. N. $ E. p. 351 ; 



Butler, 8. F. iii, p. 484. 



Urymoica rufescens (Hume), Ball $ Hume, 8. F. vii, pp. 217, 218. 

 Drymceca rufescens (Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 544 bis. 

 Drymceca sylvatica (Jerd.), Hume, Cat. no. 545. 

 Drymceca insignis (Hume), Hume, Cat. no. 545 bis. 

 Drymceca valida (Blyth), Hume, Cat. no. 545 ter; Lcyye, Birds Ceijl 



p. 525, pi. 25 ; Parker, 8. F. ix, p. 480. 

 Drynioeca neglecta (Jerd.), Hume, Cat. no. 546. 

 Drymceca jerdoni (Blyth), Lcyae, Birds Ceyl p. 527 ; Parker, 8. F. 



ix, p. 480. 



TheJunyle Wren-Warbler, The Allied Wren- Warbler. Jerd.; Komlt- 

 lotakun-jitta, Tel. ; Tot-rung i, H. in Central India. 



Coloration. In the summer the upper plumage is earthy brown 

 tinged with rufous, and the head darker and suffused with ashy, 

 the edges of the wings more rufous; middle tail-feathers brown ; 

 the next pair brown, tipped white and with a subterminal brown 

 spo.t ; the others progressively paler and whiter, the outermost pair 

 becoming almost entirely white ; the whole tail cross-rayed; lores, 

 a short supercilium, and round the eye pale fulvous; ear-coverts 

 grey ; lower plumage very pale buff. 



In winter the upper plumage is a warm rufous-brown, the mar- 

 gins of the wings and tail brighter; the tail cross-rayed, with 

 light fulvous tips and dusky subterminal bars ; lores and a super- 

 cilium to just past the eye whitish ; ear-coverts fulvous-brown with 

 white shafts; cheeks light fulvous barred with brown; entile 

 lower plumage ochraceous, whitish on the middle of the abdomen. 



The young are like the adult in winter plumage, but more rufous 

 above and deep fulvous below. 



In summer the legs and feet are fleshy ; iris hazel ; bill and gape 

 blurk ; in winter the bill is brown, yellowish at base. 



Length in summer about 6 ; tail 2-6 to 2-9 ; wing 2*2 to 2'5 ; 

 tarsus -8; bill from gape '7; in winter the total length is about 

 )-.") and the tail 2-8 to 3-2. 



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