PRINIA.
Small brown Warblers with long graduated tail of to feathers; restless habits; nest purse-shaped or oval with side entrance, in fork of bush or woven among reeds; eggs variable, greenish or bluish white, thickly dotted with red.
Prinia gracilis gracilis (Lichtenstein).
j 9 Above grey brown with dark striations, tail faintly barred with white tips and dark subterminal bar ; beneath white tinged buff. hill dark brown, pale below at base. Legs and feet
yellowish flesh. Wing 45-48. Tail 55-62. Tarsus 17-18. Culinen 10-12 (H.).
le Valley from Dongola south ; Fayoum.
P. gracilis deltae Reichenow. Darker above with much bolder striations.
Resident.—Lower Egypt (Luxor to Damietta), east to Suez.
P. gracilis natronensis Nicoll. Paler above than typical form. Bill larger. Wing 46.
Resident.—Wadi el Natron, Egypt (north-west of Cairo).