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by Mr. Blyth to P. Hodgsonii, the name being forestalled for 

 a species from northern Africa delineated by Riippell. 



No. 1 19 — P. macroura of Franklin has been called Frank- 

 linii by Blyth, that name being previously occupied. It is 

 however perhaps the Sylvia longicaudata of Tickell. 



Nq. 121 — P. rufifrons. — This name, also forestalled by 

 Riippell, has been changed by Mr. Blyth to P. Buchanani: 



* No. 121 bis. — P. neglecta — new species. — Some time ago 

 I sent to Mr. Blyth a specimen of a species of Prinia, 

 which I thought distinct, and which that gentleman named 

 P. Jerdoni, but afterwards considered it merely as a variety 

 of P. inornata. On examining carefully all the specimens of 

 Prinia in my collection, I find one species decidedly distinct, 

 and not being certain that it is the same as the one se'nt to 

 Mr. Blyth, have here named it as new. I add a brief des- 

 cription. 



Size nearly that of Syhatica — Bill shorter, deeper. Plu- 

 mage above similar to that of Sylvatica,\'\z. a greenish ashy 

 brown, but with a decided tinge of rufous throughout; 

 beneath whitish, strongly tinctured with fulvous — Tail very 

 faintly barred. 



Length about 6 inches, W. 2&,T. 2 tV , Tars. ^ , Bill (front) 

 A ths - 



I procured it from the jungle skirting the base of the East- 

 ern Ghauts. 



No. 123— Sylvia montana. — Mr. Strickland having examin- 

 ed specimens sent him by me, considers this bird to be the 

 same as the European S. ( acrocephalusj arundinacea, or 

 the lesser reed bird. It is certainly migratory in the south 

 of India. Col. Sykes' montana is identical with mine so call- 

 ed, but both are very distinct from Horsfield's S. montana. 



No, Tama, Sykes. — This Mr. Blyth looks on as an 



aberrant species of Phyllopneuste. 



