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tail of ten feathers, paler than the back, without perceptible 
terminal band ; bill horn, feet paler. Length 6^ in., including the 
tail, wings from If to 2 in. in some specimens, central feathers of 
tail from 3^ to 4 in., its outermost being only 1 in., bill to gape 
^ in., to front ^ in., height from chin to front in., width at 
chin 1^ in., tarsi |^ in. 
507. SUYA LEPIDA, Blyth. 
Drymoica lepida, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 376 
(1844) ; XYI. p. 460 ; Cat, B. Mus. A. S. Beng, 
p, 143. G. B. Grwy, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 164. 
Suya lepida, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 281. 
a. Shikarpore. From Griffith's Collection. 
b. Bengal. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
This species may be distinguished by the " general light olive-grey 
colour above, each feather having a medial dusky streak, broader on 
those of the crown and back ; wings light dusky brown, the feathers 
margined with olive-grey, and tail throughout distinctly branded 
above with narrow transverse duskyish lines, below pale, with 
whitish tips, and a subterminal dusky band to each feather; the 
under parts throughout are greyish white, with lores and a slight 
supercilium of the same. Length 4f to 5^ in., tail varying from 2|- 
to 2f in., with its outermost feathers from 1 to li in. less, alar 
expanse 5i to 5^ in., closed wing If in., bill to gape ^ in., tarse fin. 
Irides bright yellowish brown ; bill plumbeous, paler (and some- 
times carneous) below ; legs pale carneous, with a faint tinge of 
yellow." 
"This bird inhabits low scrub, intermixed with tufts of coarse 
sedgy grass, growing in sandy places by the river side, and it 
frequently flies out to feed among the thin herbage growing along 
the margin of the sand-dunes." — (Blyth.) 
Genus Drymoica, Swains., Zool. Journ. (1827). 
508. DRYMOICA SYLVATICA, Jerdon Sp. 
Prinia sylvatica, Jerdon, Madr. Journ. XI. p. 4 (1840). 
BlytJi, J. A. S. Beng. XIII. p. 376. 
Drymoica sylvatica, Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 142. G. B. Gray, Gen. of Birds, I. p. 164. 
Suya sylvatica, Bonap., C. G. Av. p. 281. 
Jungle Wren-Warbler, Jerdon. 
