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P. rufula, which is, as above mentioned, a form intermediate 

 between true hodgsoni and true gracilis. Is Lord T.'s identifi- 

 cation correct ? 



538 bis. — Prinia beavani, Wald. (13). Descr. S. F., 

 III., 139. 



(Kwen Hills, at 2,000 feet, Rams.) Pine forests, Salween ; Pahpoon ; Younza- 

 leen Creek, Salween R. ; Topee ; Meeta Mjo ; Tavoy ; Mergui ; Malewoon. 



Generally distributed throughout the open grass lands of the 

 province, but not ascending the higher hills. 



[This Grass Warbler occurs wherever there is any considerable 

 extent of long grass outside the hills. I have always found it 

 in small parties. In its habits, voice, &c, it is very similar to 

 P.flavivenlris. — W. D.] 



The following are the dimensions and colors of soft parts of 

 ten males recorded in the flesh : — 



Length, 4 - 3 to 5 ; expanse, 5'25 to 5*8 ; tail from vent, 1'5 

 to 2-25; wing, 1*55 to 1'76 ; tarsus, 0-75 to 0'95 ; bill from 

 gape, 55 to 062 ; weight, 0-25 to 0*26 oz. 



Legs and feet pale or dark pinkish fleshy ; claws light brown ; 

 in winter, the upper mandible and lower mandible from tip 

 to angle of gonys dark horny brown, rest of bill bluish fleshy ; 

 in summer, the bill is black; the irides are orange brown, light 

 wood brown, or reddish yellow. 



539.— Cisticola cursitans, Frankl. (n). S. F., V., 90, 

 et seq. 



Kedai-Keglay ; Thatone ; Tavoy. 



Confined to the grass and cultivated lands of the central por- 

 tion of the province. 



[I have only occasionally met with this species in the Thatone 

 plains and at Tavoy in grassy land or rice fields. It was by 

 no means numerous, and always seen singly or in pairs. When 

 disturbed for the first time it flew only a few yards and dropped 

 into the grass again ; but when flushed a second time it 

 generally flew straight away, for several hundred yards or more, 

 flying high up in the air, and uttering a sharp chip, chip, 

 chip, as it flew away. I have frequently seen it rise out of the 

 grass, mounting perpendicularly in the air for several yards, pro- 

 ducing, as it rose, a peculiar clicking noise with its wing, and 

 then drop suddenly into the grass, repeating the manoeuvre 

 again and again after the lapse of short intervals.- — W. D.] 



54*3 quat. — Drymoica, blanfordi, Wald. Descr. S, F. 

 V., 57. 



Obtained at Tonghoo by Ramsay. 



