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in short and rapid flights, and enlivens the neighbourhood with 
pleasant notes, from which the native name is derived.*' — (Horsf.) 
494. P BIN I A FLA VIVENTRIS, Delessert Sp. 
Orthotomus flaviventris, Deless., BeH. Zool. (1840), 
p. 101 ; Voy. dans Vlnde, pt. 2. p. 30. 
Prinia flaviventris, Blyth, J, A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 376 ; 
XYI. p. 455 ; Cat. B. Mm. A. S. Beng. p. 144. G. 
B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 162. Bonap., C. G. 
Av. p. 284. 
A. Bengal, b. Malacca. Presented by the Asiatic So- 
ciety of Bengal. 
c. Nepal (No. 944, Hodgs. Catal). Presented by B. 
H. Hodgson, Esq., September, 1853. 
495. PRINIA SOCIALIS, Sgkes. 
Prinia sociaHs, Sykes, P. Z. S. (1832), p. 89 ; J. A. S. 
Beng. III. p. 537 ; Jerd., Madr. J. XI. p. 3. BlytTi, 
J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 376 ; XVI. p. 455 ; Cat. B. 
Mus. A. 8. Beng. p. 144. G. B. Gray, Gen. of 
Birds, I. p. 162. Fraser, Zool. Typ. t. 43. Bonap., 
C. G. Av. p. 284. Laya/rd, Ann. N. H. (1853), 
p. 262. 
Poodkey Warbler, Lath., Hist. VII. p. 125. 
Ash-coloured "Wren- Warbler, Jerdon. 
Phtjtki, Hind., Blyth. 
A. B. c. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
d. e. Nepal (No. 890, Hodgs. Catal.). Presented by B. 
H. Hodgson, Esq., June, 1853. 
"This species constructs the same ingenious nest and has the 
same note, * tooee tooee,^ and feeds in the same manner as the Ortho" 
tomus longicauda. It is remarkable for a struggling flight, as if it 
experienced difficulty in making its way." — (Sykes.) 
"Is unequally distributed over the peninsula, being tolerably 
common in some localities and rarely met with in others. In the 
Camatic, I have met it among reeds and long grass, by the side of 
rivers and tanks ; on the west coast, in similar situations, and much 
more common ; while I have hitherto seen it but rarely in the table- 
land ; on the Neilgherries near Coonoor and Kotagherry, it is very 
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