DRYM@CA GRACILIS. 
(STREAKED WREN WARBLER.) 
Sylvia gracilis, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 34 (1823). 
Sylvia textrix, Audouin, Expl. somm. Pl. Ois. de ’Egypte, p. 
Malurus gracilis (Licht.), Cretzsch. in Riipp. Atlas Vogel, p. 
Cysticola (Licht.), Less. Traité d’Orn. p. 415 (1831). 
Prinia lepida, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xiii. p. 376 (1844). 
Drymoica gracilis (Licht.), Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 56 (1849). 
Drymoica lepida, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xvi. p. 460 (1847). 
Suya lepida (Blyth), Bp. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 281 (1850). 
Burnesia lepida (Blyth), Jerd. B. of Ind. i. p. 185 (1863). 
Suya gracilis (Licht.), Adams, Ibis, 1864, p. 17. 
“ Prinia gracilis, Riipp.,’ Adams, ut supra. 
Drymeca gracilis (Licht.), Blanf. Geol. & Zool. of Abyss. p. 373 (1870). 
277 (1825, nec Vieill.). 
3 (1826). 
Figure notabiles. 
Riipp. Atlas, tab. 2. fig.@; Temm. Pl. Col. 466. fig. 1; Savigny, Ois. de Egypte, pl. 5. fig. 4; 
Gould, B. of Asia, part vii. 
g ad. supra olivaceo-cinerascens umbrino tinctus, nigricanti striatus, subtus sericeo-albus, hypochondriis 
brunneo-cervino lavatis: remigibus et rectricibus fuscis, illis olivaceo-cinereo marginatis: cauda 
elongata, gradata, delicatissimé fasciolata, pallidiore terminata et fascidé anteapicali nigricante notata: 
rostro plumbeo-corneo, mandibula versus basin incarnatd: iride flavo-fuscd: pedibus rubello-flavi- 
cantibus. 
Adult Male (Adalia, 18th December). Upper parts olivaceous grey with a brown tinge, each feather with a 
broad blackish brown central streak, these streaks being broader on the crown and dorsal region, the 
rump being scarcely marked; quills blackish brown, margined with warm olivaceous grey ; tail brown 
above, obsoletely banded with narrow transverse lines, below paler than above, with lighter tips and a 
dark subterminal band to the feathers; underparts silky white with obsolete streaks on the throat; the 
flanks washed with pale warm buff; bill plumbeous, the lower mandible flesh-coloured, except at the 
tip; iris light yellowish brown; legs fleshy yellow. Total length about 5 inches, culmen 0:4, wing 1:7, 
tail 2°85, tarsus 0°7. 
Adult Female (Adalia). Undistinguishable from the male in colour. 
Tus interesting little bird, which is quite common in North-east Africa and India, only just 
comes within the scope of the present work; for the only portion of the Western Palearctic 
Region it inhabits is Asia Minor, where it is said to be resident and common in some parts; 
and it certainly breeds numerously in Palestine. In a letter from Dr. Kriiper written some time 
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