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former to a smaller species, having the caudal appendage very little 
developed. [I call this’ 
Orthotomus Patia, and subjoin the following measurements. Length 
(of male), 4} inches; bill, 3; tail, 12; wing, 14; tarse, 18; central 
toe and nail, plus 5°, ; hind, 5%. 
2nd subgenus, Prinia, Horsf. 
Bill shorter and straighter, but still longer than the head, and not 
notched; less cut out at the base by the nareal fosse ; rictus hispid ; 
nares smaller, with wider aperture ; wings yet shorter and absolutely 
rounded, with the first five quills conspicuously gradated up to the 
sixth and longest; tail ampler, more elongate and more gradate, 
fan-shaped, feeble ; legs and feet slighter. Manners and nidification 
of the last, but a lowlander, being more rarely found in the hills than 
these. 
Type, Prinia fusca, mihi.—Length 5 inches; bill, ,%,; tail, 2; 
wing, less 13; tarse, 13; central toe and nail, 5% ; hind, z's. Above 
lutescent brown; laterally luteous; below white; tips of the caudals 
with black drops, margined with white; bill dusky; legs carneous ; 
iris brown. 
2nd species of Prinia, P. brunnifrons, mihi; ruficapilla, Auct. ?— 
Above olive-brown, deeper and ruddier on the cap, wings and tail; 
below sordid white; under tail-coverts sordid olive, and the thighs 
the same; bill yellow horn; legs plumbeous grey; tail smaller than 
in the last. Length, 4 inches; bill, plus 4; tail, 12; tarse, 2; central 
toe and nail, 1?; hind, 5%. 
Remark.— Aberrant towards Horeites by its smaller tail and more 
perfect foot. This is a common species in the plains, and may pos- 
sibly be the Tailor-bird of authors rather than our Patia, which is 
rare there. 
3rd subgenus, Horeites, mihi. 
Bill shorter than the head, quite straight, cylindric, feeble, di- 
stinctly notched; nares basal, ovoid, covered with a membranous 
scale; legs and feet stronger than in either of the above, and more 
suited to ground action; tarse high, strong, and heavily scaled, as in 
Orthotomus ; toes longer, more ambulant, with the laterals equal and 
central elongated ; rictus quite smooth; wings and tail as in Prinia, 
or as in Orthotomus. Inhabits the northern region near the snows, 
dwelling in brushwood and being much on the ground. 
Ist species, H. pollicaris, mihi.—Remarkable for its small wings 
and tail and large hind digit, the tail being equal in length to the 
closed wing, which is perfectly rounded and short, as in Prinia. 
Above olive-brown ; below and the eyebrow pale yellow; bill sordid 
corneous grey; legs fleshy grey. Length, 35 inches; bill, 54; 
tail, 13 ; wing the same; tarse, 13; central toe and nail, 12; hind, Z. 
2nd species, H. schistilatus, mihii—Has an ampler wing and tail 
than the last and a smaller thumb; its wing is as large as in Ortho- 
tomus, and its tail broad and fan-shaped, like Prinia. In colours very 
like brunnifrons, but distinguished by its broader ampler tail, larger 
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