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72. Ixosfulicatus. Motacillajulicata, Linn. Sooty Warbler, Lath. 



Traquet noir des Philippines, BufF, 

 Sir J. Anstruther's variety. Lath,, vol. 7. p. 112. Female sooty- 

 black or brown-black. 



Genus Pomatorhinus, Horsf. . . 



73. PoMATORHiNUS HoRSFiELDii. Pom. oUvaceo-brunueus ; striga 



siiperciliari, collo injronte, pectore, abdomineque medio albis. 

 Irides fusco-sanguineae. Rostrum flavura. Pedes fusci. Lon- 

 gitudo corporis QA- unc, caudcB StV- 

 Minute insects (Dipterous) found in the stomach. Birds remark- 

 ably shy, and only met with in the dense woods of the Ghauts. 

 The note of the male is hoot, u^hoot, lohooi, uttered slowly: the 

 female answers hooe. The tongue and habits of this bird are 

 those of a Thrush or Timalia. 1 have dedicated this species 

 to a gentleman to whom science is deeply indebted. 



Fam. SylviadcB, Leach. — Genus Jora, Horsf. 



74". Jora Tiphia Motacilln Typhia, Linn. Lath., vol. 7. p. 128. 

 var. A. Brown's Illust. pi. 36. 

 Dr. Horsfield's Jora scapularis appears to correspond with the 

 female o^ Jora Tiphia. Irides gray. 



Genus Sylvia, Auct. Warbler. 



75. Sylvia montana, Horsf. Prinia montana, Swains. 



Differs from the type of Prinia in its rounded tail. Irides fuscous- 



76. Sylvia sylviella, Lath. Lesser White-throat. 



Differs from the European bird only in the reddish tint of the 

 white below. 



77. Sylvia Rama. Sylv. paUide brunnea, subtiis albescens; caudd 



obsolete Jasciat a. 



Longitudo corporis ^tV. caudce L,V- 

 Sexes alike. A size smaller than Sylv. montana, and might be mis- 

 taken for it ; but Colonel Sykes has shot them male and female, 

 in several places in Dukhun, full-grown birds. 



Genus Prinia, Horsf. 



78. Prinia socialis. Frin. capite dorsoque intense cinereis ; remi- 



gibus rectricibusque riifo-bntnneis, his prope apices J'usco-Jas- 

 ciatis ; subtus riifescenti-alba, abdominis lateribus satura- 

 tioribus. 



Rostrum rngrxxm. Pedes^2i\'i. /nV/es pallideaurantiacae. Lon- 

 gitudo corporis 5 ,vj caudce 2-rV. 

 Sexes alike in size and plumage. This species constructs the 

 same ingenious nest, and has the same habits, same note (tooee, 

 tooee), and feeds in the same manner, as the Orthotomus Ben- 

 nettii. 



79. Prinia inornata. Prin. suprcL pallide cinereo-brminea, striga 



superciliari corporeque subtus albescentibus, abdominis lateribus 

 crissoque riifescentibus ; caudd obsolete Jasciata. 



