J 844.] for December Meeting, 1842. 377 



middle tail-feathers are two and a half; wing an inch and three- 

 quarters; bill to gape half an inch, and tarse five-eighths of an inch, 

 tfpper parts light brownish-grey, with central dark lines to the feathers ; 

 wing-coverts and tertials edged paler, the latter faintly rayed : tail dis- 

 tinctly rayed and tipped as usual : a whitish streak over the lores ; and 

 the whole under-parts slightly yellowish white: bill dark brown; legs 

 pale. Indus territories. Sir A. Burnes. 



9. Pr. cysticola (?); Sylvia cysticola (?), Tem.; Cysticola schcenicola 

 (?, Bonap.) Lesson; Priniacursitans, Franklin, P. Z. S. 183], p. 118.* 

 In Griffith's 'Animal Kingdom,' VI, 467, the Sylvia cysticola, Tem., is 

 mentioned to inhabit " India (Gen. Hardwicke)," as well as Southern 

 Europe : and previously to observing this statement, I had provision- 

 ally identified the present species with it. It varies a good deal in 

 length of wing. Mr. Jerdon gives this as two inches, and such is the 

 measurement of the wing of one specimen sent by Mr. Hodgson, while 

 that of another from the same quarter barely exceeds an inch and 

 three-quarters, and the wing of one sent by Mr. Jerdon is only an 

 inch and five-eighths in length: these three have the crown longitu-' 

 dinally striated like the back ; and Mr. Jerdon's bird is more fulves- 

 cent than the others, especially on the under-parts. In another from 

 Mr. Hodgson the striation of the crown is less distinct, the wing 

 measuring two inches ; while in three others from the same naturalist 

 the crown is almost uniform brown, and the rump of these is brighter 

 fulvous ; the wing of one measuring as much as two inches and a 

 quarter, and of the other two inches. I incline to consider all identical 

 in species ;t but should Mr. Hodgson's prove distinct, he proposes the 

 specific appellation subhemalayana. 



In immediate contiguity to these Prinice, ranges the genus Ortkoto- 

 mus (or Tailor-bird), whereof I believe there is but one Indian spe- 

 cies, the adult of which was termed 0. Bennettii by Sykes, while 

 the young constitutes his O. lingoo : this bird, following Mr. Strickland, 

 " should be called O. longicauda. I consider it," he adds, " to be the 

 Motacilla longicauda, and sutoria (imperfectly described), of Gmelin ; 



* A figure of this species is given in the 1st No. of Mr. Jerdon's ' Illustrations of In- 

 dian Ornithology.' 



t A contrary opinion is expressed in XI, 884, at the period of writing which, I had 

 fewer specimens whereupon to found a conclusion. 



