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have little doubt that Blyth's bird is the same. Compared with 

 D. inornata, it has always a more rufous tint above, more fulves- 

 cent tint beneath, the tail feathers are browner, the wings and tail 

 are more distinctly marked with rufous, and the tail is considerably 

 longer. 



The long-tailed Wren- Warbler, like the last, is spread through 

 India, but is only found in the more wooded and jungly districts. 

 I have killed it on the Malabar Coast, on the VindhJan Mountains, 

 and in Lower Bengal ; and it has been procured in Central India, 

 and Nepal. I have very little doubt that the nest and eggs describ- 

 ed in my Catalogue under P. inornata;, belonged to this species. I 

 found it in alow bush on the edge of a water-course among some 

 paddy fields in Malabar, near Trichoor. The nest was deep, cup- 

 shaped, one side slightly raised where it was fixed to the bush, 

 made of grass, well woven without any lining, and contained four 

 pale blue eggs without any marks. Some nests, however, in the 

 Museum, Asiatic Society, marked as of this species, correspond 

 well with the nest and eggs of D. inornatus, as described above. 



545. Drymoipus syhraticus, Jerdon. 



Prinia, apud Jerdon, Cat. 120 — Blyth, Cat. 799 — Hohsf., Cat. 

 508 — Konda lotakun jitta, Tel. 



The Jungle Wren- Warbler. 



Descr, — Above olive-brown ; superciliary streak and beneath 

 white, tinged throughout with yellowish : tail obsoletely barred, 

 with a narrow subtenninal dark band, tipped with white, except 

 on the central tail-feathers. 



Bill black ; legs dark fleshy yellow ; irides orange buff. Length 

 6 inches ; wing 2 T t ; tail 2^ to 3 ; bill at front 12 mill. ; tarsus 1. 

 The bill is strong, as are the feet and legs. 



This species is only found in Southern India, in low jungle in 

 the Carnatic, in thin tree jungle on the Eastern Ghauts, and in 

 the more open parts of the forest on the Malabar Coast, ranging 

 up the slopes of the Ncilgherries to 4,000 feet. It is generally in 

 small flocks, has a loud reiterated note, and one is usually perched 

 on the very top of a bush or low tree, apparently as a sentinel. 



