SYLVIID^E. 53 



gicauda," E. Blyth} 1846. d Bengal (" 0. longicauda, 0. lingoo, 

 Sykes," E. Blyth} 1851. 



The synonymy of this species as far as then known is given by 

 Strickland in his notes on Blyth's list of birds from the vicinity of 

 Calcutta I. s. c. 



253. Orthotomus atrigularis. 



Orthotomus otrigularis, Temm. PI. Col. Livr. 101 : Salvad. 

 Ann. Mus. Genov. v. p. 249 : Sharpe, Ibis, 1877, pp. 16, 113. 

 a (Bt. at Birmingham) 1849. 

 A Bornean and Malaccan species. 



254. Orthotomus ruficeps. 



Edela ruficeps, Less. Traite' d'Orn. p. 309. 



Orthotomus ruficeps, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. v. p. 

 248. 



a Malacca (Gardner) 1850. 



Originally obtained by Labillardiere, not in New Holland, as 

 stated by Lesson, but most probably at Bata via, where D'Entrecasteaux's 

 expedition touched. Strickland (Ann. & Mag. N. H. viiL p. 371), 

 considered Lesson's bird to be the same as 0. edela, Temm. and 

 Motacilla sepium, Ram. (nee Horsf.). 



ClSTICOLA. 



Cisticola, Kaup, Skizz. Nat. Syst. d. Eur. Thierw. p. 119 

 (1829). 



255. Cisticola cursitans. 



Sylvia cisticola, Temm. Man. d'Orn. i. p. 228 (1820). 



Prinia cursitans, Frankl. P. Z. S. 1830-1. p. 118. 



Cisticola cursitans, Dresser, B. Eur. 



Cisticola schcenicola, Bp. Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 174 : Blyth, J. A. 

 S. B. xliii. extr. No. p. 119. 



a (Askew) 1837. b Constantinople (Boissoneau) 1839. 

 c Madras (T. C. Jerdon) 1845. d Nepal (" Cisticola cursitans" 

 E. Blyth} 1846. e Arakan (E. Blyth) 1847. 



