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or two there during my stay in the station during the second 

 week of March. 



366. Blyth's Reed Warbler — Acrocejyhnlus dumato)-um,W,.yt\i. 



On April 1st one was heard singing lustily in a bramble bush 

 in the jail garden. 



374.* The Indian Tailor Bird — Orthotomus sutorius (Forst.) 



Common, generally distributed, and resident. Found to be 

 very abundant in the Bamboo jungles about Kalka both in 

 December and in March. 



377. The Moustached Sedge- Warbler — Lusciniola onelanopogon (Temra.) 

 On loth and 14th December 1 found this little warbler to be 

 common in a thick patch of rec ds nsar the Canal at Chamkaur. 

 It was not particularly shy, es} ec ally in the mist of the very 

 early morning, when it was perching on the tops of the reeds. 

 But for the most part it crept about out of sight in the 

 tangles of vegetation, from preference rather than shyness, as 

 my near presence seemed to make no difference to it. 



381. The Rufous Fantail Warbler — Cisticola cursitans, (Frankl.) 



A few were noted about the marshes of Chamkaur in Decem- 

 ber, and of Mubariqpur in February. 



382. Franklin's Wren- Warbler — Franldinia (jracilii (Frankl.) 



Found to be common in parties in the more open patches of culti- 

 vation by low bamboo jungle on the hill sides above Kalka in 

 December ; when 1 passed that way again in the first half of 

 March the flocks seemed to have divided up into pairs, and the 

 cocks were singing lustilj'^, perched in conspicuous positions. 



384. The Rufous-fronted Wren- Warbler — Irankliniabuchanani (Blyth.) 



" Some found about Lallroo " (Beavan.). 



A flock was observed in grass jungle at Mubariqpur on 4th 

 November and some more were seen at Kamalpur on 1.5th 

 December, 



389. The Striated Marsh Warbler — Meyalunis palusfris, Horsf . 



This curious warbler was not uncommon in some dense reed 

 beds near the Canal at Chamkaur when I was there on the 13th 

 and 14th of December. It was not shy, but perched freely 

 on the tops of reeds and flew across the open. It might easily 

 be mistaken for Avfjya bar Hi, but that not more than two seem 

 to go about together, whereas the latter bird is always found in 

 flocks. t 



399.* The Eastern Orphean Waibler — Sylvia jerdoni (Blyth.) 



Beavan states : " 1 found it tolerably common at Ambala in 

 October 1866, where it frequents the babool trees {Acacia sp.?), 

 creeping about very silently, and, when disturbed, trying to 

 sneak away into the thickest parts. Specimens procured on 

 22nd October had no trace whatever of a black head, and were 

 considered by Col. Tytler to be the young of the year. But 

 in my opinion the state of the plumage was not sufliciently 

 juvenile ; and I think that the old birds adopt a different 



t Under the headinpr of Aru7idinax oUvaceus (=: No. 393 A. aedon) Beavan says : 

 "Col. Tytler has referred some small warblers procured by me at Ambala, in 

 October I86tt, to this species, bnt my dimensions do not agrree at all with Dr. 

 Jerdons" : description follows- I have not been able to work out exactly what 

 species this refers to. 



