CATALOaUE. 
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A. B. Bengal. Presented by the Asiatic Society of 
Bengal. 
c. d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
" This little bird abounds in suitable localities throughout the 
country, frequenting sedges and long grass, also growing corn and 
other low crops ; it may be commonly observed to rise a little way 
into the air, as is the habit of so many birds that inhabit similar 
situations, repeating at intervals a single note, jik.^ It con- 
structs a beautiful nest, sewing together a number of growing stems 
and leaves of grass with a delicate pappus, which forms also the 
lining ; and laying four or five translucent white eggs, with reddish 
brown spots, more numerous and forming a ring at the large end, 
very like those of Orthotomus longicauda.^^ — (Blyth.) 
" When disturbed, it takes a short interrupted flight, and on seating 
itself hides among the tufts of grass, and often runs several yards. 
It feeds on ants, the larvae of small grasshoppers, and various other 
insects .' ' — ( Jer don .) 
Genus Suya, Hodgs., As. Bes. lLY^. p. 188 (1836). 
Decijeus, Sodgs., J. A. JS. Beng. X. p. 28 (1841). 
504. SUYA CBINIGEB, Hodgson. 
Suya criniger, Sodgs., As. Bes. XIX. p. 183. Blyth, 
J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p, 375. Bonap., C. G. Av. 
p. 281. 
Decurus (Suya) criniger, v. caudata, Hodgs. Gray's 
Zool. Misc. (1844), p. 82. 
Prinia criniger, Hodgs., Cat. B. of Nep. p. 63. 
Drymoica criniger, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XVI. p. 457 ; 
Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. p. 142. G. B. Gray, 
Gen. of Birds, I. p. 164. Hutton, J. A. S. Beng. 
XYII. pt. 2, p. 692. 
Suya, Nepal, Hodgson. 
A. b. Bootan. From Pemberton's Collection. 
c. d. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq., June, 
1853. 
" The favourite resort of the Suy(B is the upland downs which are 
scattered with brushwood Owing to the feebleness of their wings, 
they need the shelter of low trees and shrubs ; but they are almost 
