180 BIRDS OP INDIA. 



This species probably extends to Ceylon, but, Mr. Layard de- 

 scribes the nest as built among reeds, the tops of which it draws 

 together into a dome over the nest. As stated above, I have always 

 found the nest in a thorny shrub. 



Mr. Blyth, J. A. S., XL, 883 and XVI., 459, described a Dry- 

 moica as D. Jerdoni, Cat. 803, from specimens sent by myself 

 from Southern India, which he has since absorbed into D. longi- 

 caudatns, stating that this supposed species was founded on a rather 

 large specimen with abraded plumage. This specimen is still in 

 existence, though rather in a dilapidated state ; and on examina- 

 tion of it, I am by no means certain of its identity, but shall not 

 separate it till other specimens are obtained. It appears to me 

 very similar to some Ceylon birds, which Mr. Blyth doubtfully 

 considered identical with D. inornatus. It appears intermediate 

 in form between that species and D. sylvaticus. 



544. Drymoipus longicaudatus, Tick ell. 



J. A. S., II. — P. macroura, apud Jerdon, Oat. 119 — D. nipa- 

 lensis, Hodgson, apud MoORE, P. Z. S., 1854, p.— D. fusca, 

 Hodgson (in part), and D. Franklinii, apud Blyth, J. A. S , 

 XVI., — and Cat, 805 (in part) — D. Jerdoni, Blyth? 



The long-tailed Wren- Warbler. 



Descr. — Above pale rufous brown ; wings dusky, margined with 

 bright rufous brown ; tail rufous brown, paler beneath and dis- 

 tinctly rayed, with a terminal dusky band, seen most conspicu- 

 ously above ; the tips pale, not white ; the whole under parts pale 

 rufescent or lutescent, deeper on the flanks, and inclining to 

 olivaceous. 



Bill brown, pale fleshy at base of the lower mandible ; legs 

 fleshy brown ; irides brownish orange. Length 5 to 6 inches 

 according to length of tail ; wing 1{£ ; tail 2\ to 3 and more ; 

 tarsus T 8 ; bill at front 11 mill. 



A specimen from Cashmere, in the Museum, As. Soc, , is very 

 pale throughout, the chin and throat more conspicuously white, 

 and the bill darker and slightly shorter. Moore's description and 

 measurements accord pretty exactly with those of mine ; and I 



