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to the development of the tail. The expanse is usually about 

 5-8; the wing', 1*8 j bill, from gape, 0'63 ; and the tarsus, 

 - 8 or thereabouts/' 



536.— Prinia gracilis, Frcmkl. 



Thayetmyo specimens are identical with others from various 

 parts of India. Mr. Oates remarks : " I do not know anything* 

 precise about the occurrence of this bird. I only shot one at 

 Sakanghee. I have as yet paid little attention to these small 

 warblers. The one I shot was a male. It measured : Length, 

 4 - 55; expanse, 56 ; tail, from vent, 2*15; wing, 1*7 j bill, 

 from gape, 0-58 ; tarsus, 07. 



" The irides were hazel red ; eyelids, grey ; bill, horny, paler at 

 gape ; legs, pinkish fleshy • claws, pale pinkish horny/'' 



This, I may add, is gracilis, "pure et simple" and not the more 

 rufous race, with "the tail above and wings externally uniform 

 rufous or light ferruginous," from Arracan, which Blyth described 

 (Journal, Asiatic Society, 1847, p. 456) as P. rufescens. 



538.— Prinia Hodgsoni, Blyth. 



A specimen from Thayetmyo, though marked a male, agrees 

 perfectly with females from the Wynaad, Sambhur, and other 

 parts of Upper India. The male in this species has the bill a 

 good deal larger than the female, the head darker, and the 

 breast band broader and darker. 



Mr. Oates says : " Common round Thayetmyo Cantonment 

 in small parties. The male sometimes sits on the topmost twig 

 of a bush, and sings a tremendously hearty little song. A 

 male measured : Length, 4 - 3 ; expanse, 5" 8 ■ tail, from vent, 

 1-75 ; wing, l - 8; bill, from gape, 0*52; tarsus, 0*75; irides, 

 amber ; edges of eyelids, orange ; claws, pale horny ; bill, blackish 

 brown ; inside of mouth, black." 



I may note that I think that the bills and the color of the 

 inside of the mouths in many of these little Prinia and Drymoipl 

 become much darker in the breeding season. The bird described 

 by Mr. Oates was shot on the 2nd June. 



538 bis.— Prinia Beavani, Waiden. 



A single specimen from Thayetmyo is identical with one from 

 Commillah, Tipperah, and others from the Bhootan Dhooars, 

 Sikhim, and Tenasserim. Lord Waiden first described this 

 species from specimens obtained by the late Captain Beavan, at 

 Sconaygoon, on the Sal ween River, and who gave the colors of 

 the soft parts as : " Irides, reddish yellow ; legs, fleshy ; beak, 

 black horny." 



