P R I N I A familiaris, 

 Indian Wren-warbler. 



Family, Sjlviadse. Sub-Family, Sylvianae. Sic. Genus, Princa. Horsf. 

 Generic Character. 



Bill rather lengthened, much compressed, entire ; rictus smooth ; 

 wings rounded ; tail broad and cuneate ; feet large, strong. 



Specific Character. 



Above olive b~own, beneath yellowish ; cars, throat, and tips of 

 the greater and lesser wing-covers white; tail feathers tipt 

 icitk dusky white, and margined beneath by a black bar. 



Prinia familiaris. Horsf eld. Zool. Researches. Linn. Trans. 8. 165. 



The sultry groves of India are not without birds which 

 recall to the European the songsters of his own distant 

 land. And although nature, in her boundless profusion, 

 has so distributed her productions that even the little "Kitty 

 Wren" may in vain be looked for beyond the confines of 

 Europe, its representative in the East is no less neat, active, 

 and familiar to the habitations of man. The Prinia fami- 

 liaris, observes Dr. Horsfiehl (whose politeness enables us 

 to figure the bird), is abundant in many parts of Java, near 

 "villages and gardens, in the confines of which, among trees 

 and shrubs, it builds its nest. Sprightly and active in all its 

 motions, it sports among the branches in short and rapid 

 flights, and has received its native name from its enli veiling 

 and pleasant notes. Our figure is the size of life, and to 

 avoid a tedious description, all the details have been accu- 

 rately measured. 



We must refer the scientific Ornithologist, for our expo- 

 sition of the natural affinities of this group, to Northern 

 Zoology, vol. 2, p. 200. It is unquestionably the Rasorial 

 and Scansorial genus of the Sub-family Sylvianae, as there 

 pointed out, and of which Orthotomus is a sub-genus, or 

 type of form. 



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