Zoological Illustrations, Second Series, Volume 3 / or, Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals

by William Swainson

PRINIA familiaris,

Indian Wren-warbler.

Family, Sylviadæ. Sub-Family, Sylvianæ. Sw. Genus, Prinia. Horsf.

Generic Character.

Bill rather lengthened, much compressed, entire; rictus smooth; wings rounded; tail broad and cuneate; feet large, strong.

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Specific Character.

Above olive brown, beneath yellowish; ears, throat, and tips of the greater and lesser wing-covers white; tail feathers tipt with dusky white, and margined beneath by a black bar.

Prinia familiaris. Horsfield. Zool. Researches. Linn. Trans. 8. 165.