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1st quill nearly half the length of the 2ncl, which is a little shorter 

 than the 3rd and 4th, which are equal and longest, and the 5th is 

 nearly as lonf^ ; tail somewhat long, much graduated, the 

 feathers narrow ; tarsus moderate, stout ; feet strong; claws leng- 

 thened, moderately curved. 



The peculiar form has quite the general aspect of Aci'ocephalus, 

 but dilTers in its much wider bill, and the form of the wing. Some 

 class it along with Megalurns and Chcelornis, but its somewhat 

 more lengthened wing, and broad, little compressed, bill, are against 

 this view, whilst its colors are quite those of x\crocepluilus 

 briinnescens, to which its ircneral resemblance is so stroufr that I at 

 first passed it over. 



518. Arundinax olivaceus, Blytii. 



Phragmaticola olivacca, Bltth, apud Jerdon, 2nd Suppl. Cat. 

 No. 113 bis— Blyth, Cat. 1075 — Horsf., Cat. 514. 



The Thick-billed Reed-warbler. 



Descr. — Uniform olive-brown above, a little rufescent towards 

 the tail ; throat whitish, and the rest of the under parts tinged 

 with fulvous brown ; lores pale. 



Bill dark brown above ; fleshy yellow at base of lower mandi- 

 ble ; legs pale horny red, and toes fleshy grey ; irides hazel. 

 Length 8 inches ; wing 3^ ; tail 3f ; bill at front j^^ ; tarsus lj\ ; 

 extent 10^. 



I first procured this species in the Carnatic near Nellore, where, 

 however, it is not very common ; and Mr. Blyth subsequently 

 obtained it tolerably abundant in the vicinity of Calcutta. It 

 has also been procured iti the Nepal Terai, and in Tenasserim, 

 and probably frequents suitable localities over most parts of 

 India. 1 presume that like the last it is migratory. 



Gen. DuMETiCOLA, Blyth. 



Char. — Bill straight, as in Cinclus, but shorter, stout, compressed, 

 strongly notched at the tip ; gape smooth ; tail rounded, moderate ; 

 wings short, the first three somewhat graduate, 4th longest and 



