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CATALOGUE. 
abundant in dry bushy ground. I have not verified Col. Sykes's 
observation as to its nidification, and have found the nest of another 
species to be very different." — (Jerdon.) 
496. PRINIA HODGSONI, Bhjth. 
Prinia Hodgsonii, BlytTi, J. A. S. JBenq. XIII. p. 376 
(1844) ; XVI. p. 456 ; Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 143. O. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 162. 
Hodgs., Cat. B. of JSTep. p. 63. Bonap., C. G. Av. 
p. 284. 
Prinia gracilis, apud Jerd., Madr. Journ. XI. p. 3. 
Small Wren- Warbler, Jerd. 
A. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
h. N. India. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
c. d. e. f. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., 
June, 1853. 
497. PRINIA CINEREOGAPILLA, Hodgson. 
Prinia cinereocapilla, Hodgs. Moore, P. Z. S. (1854),^. 
a. b. c. Nepal (No. 890^ Hodgs. Cat.). Presented by 
B. H. Hodgson, Esq., September, 1858. 
Crown of the head grey, the shaft and margin of the feathers being 
darker ; nareal and frontal plumes, a streak over and beyond the 
eye, and the whole under parts rufescent, brightest on the flanks 
and thighs ; lores and upper parts of ear-coverts greyish ; nape, back, 
rump, and wings bright rufous brown, the tips of the latter dusky ; 
tail the same colour as the back, paler beneath, with a terminal 
dusky band, and rufescent white tips ; bill black ; legs pale horn. 
Length 4^ in., wing ly^g-in., tail 2 in., bill to front fin., to gape -| in., 
tarsus f in., middle toe and claw in., hind ditto in. 
Genus Horeites, Hodgs. Grays Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 82 ; 
P. Z. S, (1845), p. 30. 
NivicOLA, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 82 ; 
J. A. S. Beng. XIV. p. 586. 
498. HOREITES P0LLIGARI8, Hodgs. 
Horeites pollicaris, Hodgs. Gray's Zool. Misc. (1844), 
p. 82 ; P. Z. S. (1845), p. 30 ; Cat. B. of Nep. p. 65 ; 
