. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 212 TIMELIID^. Suya gi-acilis, Bomp. Consp. i. p. 281; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Co. Mm. i. p. 327 (1854); Gould, B. of Asia, (1855). Burnesia m-acilis (non Rupp.), Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 185 (1863) ; Hume, Nests Sf- Eyqs Ind. Birds, p. 356 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1873, p. 195 ; Adam, t. c'. p. 382 ; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 485 ; Hume, t. c. p. 485; id. Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 58; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 102; Soiff, t. c. p. 371. Burnesia lepida, A. Anderson, Ibis, 1872, p. 237; Brooks, Str. F. 1879, p. 476, 1880, p. 228. Cisticola gra
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 212 TIMELIID^. Suya gi-acilis, Bomp. Consp. i. p. 281; Horsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Co. Mm. i. p. 327 (1854); Gould, B. of Asia, (1855). Burnesia m-acilis (non Rupp.), Jerdon, B. of Ind. ii. p. 185 (1863) ; Hume, Nests Sf- Eyqs Ind. Birds, p. 356 (1873) ; id. Str. F. 1873, p. 195 ; Adam, t. c'. p. 382 ; Butler, Str. F. 1875, p. 485 ; Hume, t. c. p. 485; id. Str. F. 1878, vol. ii. p. 58; id. Str. F. 1879, p. 102; Soiff, t. c. p. 371. Burnesia lepida, A. Anderson, Ibis, 1872, p. 237; Brooks, Str. F. 1879, p. 476, 1880, p. 228. Cisticola gracilis, Giebel, Thes. Orn. ii. p. 709 (1875)^ Drymoeca gracilis, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 206 (1876). Diymoipus lepidus. Brooks, Str. F. 1876, p. 274. Adult male. Similar to B. gracilis, but mucli paler and more ashy above, with the longitudinal dark centres much paler brown; the bill smaller, and the subterminal black bars on the tail very indistinct and sometimes absent altogether. Total length 5-1 inches, culmen 0*4, wing 1-75. tail 2-75, tarsus 0-65. Adult female. Similar to the male in colour. Total length 4-4 inches, wing 1-75, tail 2-5, tarsus 0-65. Young. Eather more fulvescent brown above than the adult, and much yellower below. Hub. Erom Baluchistan to Scinde, and thence throughout the valley of the Gauges. a. 2 ad. sk. b. S ad. sk. c. d, Imm. sk. e. c? 2 ad. sk f- Juv. sk. 9- h. Ad. sk. Juv. sk. Baku Kelat, Persian Ba- loofhistan, Feb. 1872. Jalk, Baloochistan, March 17, 1872. Shikarpore [Griffith). Meeanee, Scinde (Dr. Goidd). Kurachee, Scinde {Dr. Gould). Scinde (Dr. Gould). North Bengal. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [ India Museum. India Museum. India Museum, India Museum. Capt. Stackhouse Piuwiii [P.]. 4. SCOTOCEECA. Scotocerca, Simdevall, Av. Meth. Tent. p. 7 (1872) . Atraphornis, Sevei-tz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 124 (1873). Type. S. inquieta. S. inquieta. Tail of Scotocerca inquieta. Range. Desert countries of the Southern Palaearctic Eegi
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