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Strickland seems to have doubted its Australian origin, as I find a 
note to that effect in bis copy of Gould’s work. Gould’s names have 
usually been associated with D , levaillanti, but on comparing this 
specimen Mr Sharpe and I agreed that it corresponds best with 
I). chiniana. 
261. Drymoeca lais. 
Drymoica lais , Hartl. & Finsch, Yog. 0. Afr. p. 237. 
a (. N '. G. Strickland) 1838. 
A South African species. 
262. Drymoeca smithi. 
Drymoica smithi, Bp. Consp. Av. i. p. 283. 
Drymoica ruficapilla, Smith, Zool. S. Afr. PI. 73, f. 1. 
a S. Africa [Stevens) 1845. 
263. Drymoeca lugubris. 
Gisticola lugubris , Rupp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 111. 
a Abyssinia [E. Verreaux) 1850. 
264. Drymoeca flavicans. 
Sylvia flavicans, Vieill. N. Diet. d’Hist. N. ii. p. 175. 
Drymoeca flavicanSy Strickl. & Scl. Contr. Orn. 1852, p. 148: 
Gurney, in And. B. Damara-1. p. 84. 
a, — b Damara-land ( G . J. Andersson) 1852. 
265. Drymoeca inornata. 
Prinia inornata , Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89. 
Drymoipus inornatus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 178. 
Prinia fusca, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 29. 
a Madras (“ Prinia inornata ,” T. G. Jerdon) 1845. — b India 
(“ Prinia inornata ,” E. Blyth) 1846. — c Arakan [E. Blyth) 1847. 
—d Bengal [E. Blyth) 1851. 
266. Drymoeca sylvatica. 
Prinia sylvatica, Jerd. Madr. Journ. xi. p. 4. 
Drymoipus sylvaticus, Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 181. 
a , — b Madras (“ Prinia sylvatica ,” T. G. Jerdon) 1845. 
