MELIPHAGIDiE. 



Nares basales, magnae, in 

 fovea oblong^ antice an- 

 gustione positae, membrantl 

 tectas, parte inferiore rima 

 longitudinale apertae. 



Aloe rotundatae : remiges : 

 primae abrupte, secunde 

 et terti^ gradatim bre- 

 viores, reliquse subaequales, 

 tertiae ad septimam externe 

 tenuiter emarginatae. 



Cauda elongata, cuneata. 



Pedes elongati: digitus me- 

 dius longiusculus cum ex- 

 teriore basi coalitus : hallux 

 validiusculus medio antico 

 major validior. 



Nostrils basal, large, placed 

 in an oblong groove, 

 clothed by a membrane, 

 which is longitudinally 

 cleft below. 



Wings rounded ; the first 

 quill abrupt, the second 

 and third gradually 

 shorter, the rest nearly 

 equal, the third to the 

 seventh externally slightly 

 emarginated. 



Tail elongated, wedged. 



Legs elongated: the middle 

 toe rather long and con- 

 nected at the base to the 

 exterior : the hind toe ra- 

 ther short and stronger 

 than the middle anterior 

 one. 



Sp. 1. Pr. familiaris. Linn. Trans. {Horsf.) v. xiii. ^. 165, 



pR. olivaceo-fuscaf abdomine Jiavo; gula, pectore,fasciisque duahus 

 alarum albis; cauda fusca, subterminali perfusca, apice alba. 



Olive-brown Prinia, with the abdomen yellow ; the throat, breast, 

 and two bands on the wing, white ; the tail brown, towards the 

 tip brownish, the tip white. 



Familiar Creeper. Lath. Gen. Hist. v. iv. p. 264. 



Inhabits Java. Length five inches : plumage is 

 greenish-olive-brown : belly yellow : chin, breast, and 

 two bands across the wings white : wings rounded : 

 tail long, cuneiform, with a band of brown at the 

 end, but the tips of the feathers white. Called 



