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flocks ; flies feebly, and emits a tittering call. This species is com- 

 mon on the Himalayan Range, near Simla. 



126. Prinia or Drymoica. 



This little bird is common in the Deccan and Scinde ; frequents 

 hedges and fields of grain : an active, restless creature, continually 

 jerking its tail up and down when on the move. Searches for insects 

 among the dense foliage of mango and other trees. Call, loud and 

 very like the sound produced by the rasping of a file. 



127. ? Prinia , sp. 



Size of Long-tailed Tit. Bill short and black ; legs long and 

 slender ; tail graduated and long, first quill minute, second nearly as 

 long as the third. In appearance and plumage resembles in some 

 degree the Willow Wren ; the upper parts are exactly similar ; the 

 tail is soft and readily moveable, tipped with white, conspicuous 

 when the bird is on the wing, or when jerking the member ; cheeks, 

 throat, and breast whitish-yellow ; belly and vent white, tinged with 

 yellow ; tarsus and feet yellow. Common in the fields around 

 Poonah, Deccan. 



128. Prinia socialis, Sykes. 



General characters the same as the last. Frequents like situations. 

 Total length about 4-i- inches. Bill slender, black ; nostrils slit-like ; 

 head, back part of neck, and back leaden-blue ; wing-feathers brown, 

 their outer margins tinged with reddish-brown ; tail brown, having 

 the tips of the longest feathers barred with obscure black ; throat, 

 cheeks, breast, belly, shoulders, and vent ochreous-white, the yellow 

 tinge being more distinct on the sides of the belly and the legs. 

 Frequents fields of Badgeree in the Deccan, where it may be seen 

 often perched on a stalk of grain, emitting its loud rasping call, 

 which might be mistaken easily for that of a much larger bird. It 

 is as common as the last species. Not seen in Scinde. 



129. ? Phylloscopus 1 



Very closely allied to the last ; in habits and general appearance 

 the same. Generally seen in pairs, or three at a time. Common in 

 Scinde and Punjab, frequenting gardens and fields of grain. Same 

 size as last. Bill weak and narrow, with a few diverging bristles at 

 the base, colour brown ; head, neck, and back olive- brown ; wings 

 short and rounded and margined with rufous ; tail brown, beneath 

 paler ; an obscure white streak passes over the eye ; throat and 

 lower parts white, with an ochreous tinge on the belly and vent ; legs 

 pale. Description taken from a male. 



130. Prinia hodgsoni (Blyth). 



Punjab and lower Himalayas, common. Frequents bushes and 

 hedges by waysides. 



