476 ORNITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN SIEHIM, 



Trihnra as a genus should be suppressed. It is pure Dumeti-' 

 cola or Schmiicola. 



530.— Orthotomus sutorius, Forst. 



This little bird appeared to be as much at home near Dar- 

 jeeling as in the plains of India, in spite of the cold. 



536.— -Prinia gracilis, FranU. 



This I have clearly ascertained to be the winter plumage of 

 P. hodgsoni, Blyth — the former term stands. 



I shall leave to Mr. Hume the troublesome task of thinning 

 the Drymceca group, which is in great confusion. I shall only 

 remark that all these birds have a summer and winter plumage 

 so distinct that they might be taken for different species by 

 those not well acquainted with them. 



550*— Burnesia lepida, Blyth. 



Mr. Hume still quotes the name of the African species, 

 a. gracilis, Licht., for this bird. I again state that I carefully 

 compared the two in Canon Tristram^s collection, and their 

 immensely different eggs, and I found the two birds as distinct 

 as chalk is from cheese. Gracilis is a larger and redder bird, and 

 its egg is red and Prinia-lihe, while that of lepida is of a 

 greenish ground colour, spotted with brown. 



553.— Hypolais rama, Sykes. 



I shot one in the Babool wood at Sukhur. 



554.— Phylloscopus tristis, Blyth. 



I obtained this bird at Mooltan, heard it at Lahore, and 

 found it not uncommon at Sukhur, but more plentiful at 

 Sehwan. It is common in the Muddapur District of the 

 East Indian Railway, where I live, and I find it principally 

 where there are Babool trees. It is partial to the rows of 

 peas in gardens, and to fields of mustard, especially Avhea 

 they are in flower. The song of this bird is very pretty 

 and cheerful. 



554 ^e?'.— Phylloscopus sindianus, Sp. Nov, 



Description. — Above uniform dull brown, rather lighter than 

 in P. tristis, and much the colour of the upper surface of 

 Hypolais rama ; below, albescent, with a ruddy tinge on the 

 pale supercilia, sides of face, neck, breast, and flanks ; axillaries, 

 and ridge of wing, yellowish white, sometimes almost quite 

 white, and not pure sulphur yellow, as in P. tristis; no green- 

 ish on bend or shoulder of wing, nor any green edging to 



