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Strickland seems to have doubted its Australian origin, as I find a 

 note to that effect in his copy of Gould's work. Gould's names have 

 usually been associated with D, levaillanti, but on comparing this 

 specimen Mr Sharpe and I agreed that it corresponds best with 

 D, chiniana. 



261. Drymoeca lais. 



Drymoica lais, Hartl. & Fiusch, Vog. O. Afr. p. 237. 

 a (N. C. Strickland} 1838. 

 A South African species. 



262. Drymceca smithi. 



Drymoica smithi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 283. 

 Drymoica ruficapilla, Smith, Zool. S. Afr. PI. 73, f. 1. 

 a S. Africa (Stevens) 184*5. 



263. Drymceca lugubris. 



Cisticola lugubris, Rupp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 111. 

 a Abyssinia (E. Verreaux) 1850. 



264. Drymceca flavicans. 



Sylvia flavicans, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. N. ii. p. 175. 

 Drymoeca flavicans, Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 148: 

 Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. p. 84. 



a, b Damara-land (0. J. Anderssori) 1852. 



265. Drymceca inornata. 



Prinia inornata, Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89. 



Drymoipus inornatus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 178. 



Prinia fusca, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 29. 



a Madras ("Prinia inornata," T. C. Jerdori) 1845. b India 

 ("Prinia inornata," R Blyth) 1846. c Arakan (E. Blyth} 1847. 

 d Bengal (E. Blyth) 1851. 



266. Drymceca sylvatica. 



Prinia sylvatica, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 4. 

 Drymoipus sylvaticus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 181. 

 a, b Madras (" Prinia sylvatica," T. C. Jerdon) 1845. 



