DRYMOICIN^E. 217 



rufous-brown ; under parts silky- white, tinged with yellowish- 

 fulvous on the flanks, and faintly on the sides of the neck ; 

 tail brown, albescent-greyish beneath, with a subterminal dark 

 band and whitish tips, most conspicuous on the under sur- 

 face. 



Franklin's Wren Warbler is a common permanent resident all 

 along the Sahyadri Range and in the forests adjoining ; it also 

 occurs sparingly on Mount Aboo, and is not uncommon on the 

 Vindhian hills near Mhow. It does not occur in the Sind 

 District. 



Prinia hodgsoni, Blyth. 



538. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 173 ; Butler, Guzerat ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 480 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, 

 Vol. IX, p. 406. 



THE MALABAR WREN WARBLER. 



Length, 4 ; wing, 1-8 ; tail, T87 ; tarsus, 07 ; bill at front, 0'4. 



Bill black ; irides buff ; legs yellow. 



Above dark ashy-grey, brownish on the wings and tail, the 

 latter with a subterminal dark band, tipped white on the outer 

 feathers ; beneath white, slightly tinged with fulvescent, greyish 

 on the edge of the neck and breast. 



The Malabar Wren Warbler is only doubtfully distinct from 

 P. gracilis ; it is thought to be the latter in breeding plumage. 

 If distinct it occurs in precisely the same localities. 



GENUS, Cisticola, Lesson. 



Bill rather short, slender, gently curving from the middle, 

 entire at tip ; wings short, ample ; first quill small, third, fourth and 

 fifth equal and longest, second equal to seventh, shorter than the 

 sixth ; tail of twelve feathers, somewhat rounded, short ; tarsus 

 long ; feet rather large with the lateral toes nearly equal and the 

 hind-toe long; the claws lengthened, especially the hind one 

 only slightly curved. 



Cisticola cursitans, Frankl 



539. Cisticola schoenicola, Bonaparte. Jerdon's Birds of India, 

 Vol. II, p. 174; Butler, Guzerat; Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, 

 p. 481 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 407 ; Murray's 

 Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 1 52. 



THE RUFOUS GRASS WARBLER. 



Length, 4'5 ; wing, 212 ; tail, T86 ; tarsus, 075. 



Bill dusky-brown above, fleshy beneath ; irides pale olive- 

 brown. 



Above rufous-brown, all the feathers broadly centred dark- 

 brown ; rump plain rufous ; quills dusky, narrowly edged with 

 brown ; tail with the two central feathers pale brown, darker 

 in the middle, and pale tipped ; the others all dark-brown, deeper 



