Birds of Lucknow. 533 



No. 377. LusciNioLA melanopogon. Moustached Sedge- 

 Warbler. 



I have never actually shot and handled this species^ so 

 will quote Reid^s remarks : — 



"^The Moustached Sedge-Warbler is fairly common in 

 all suitable localities, but only, I think, during the cold 

 weather. In the low-lying grass-covered lands here and 

 there on the banks of Goomti, in the grass and tamarisk- 

 jungle or the serai-swamps about Byramghat, and in similar 

 localities on the Khadir lands of the Oudh bank of the 

 Ganges, it is not uncommon ; while a few may sometimes 

 be found in rushy swamps and nooks on such rivers as the 

 Goomti a,nd Sail, From its skulking habits, it is difficult 

 to get a fair shot at it, unless at very close quarters, when it 

 generally gets mangled almost beyond recognition.-'^ 



No. 381. CisTicoLA cuRsiTANs. Rufous Fantail-Wurbler. 



Phutki [H.]. Tic-tic [Anglo-Indian boys]. 



The Rufous Fantail-Warbler is very common in suitable 

 localities, that is, where there is heavy grass-jungle. On 

 the Cantonment Grass Farm it is particularly abundant, 

 and there I have, on many occasions, found its nest. It 

 breeds, I fancy, twice in the year, once in March or early 

 April and again in the rains. The nest, a most delicate 

 little cup, made of white vegetable fibre, down, and hair, 

 is fastened to three or four stems of grass which fall over 

 and partially hide it, making it by no means easy to discover. 

 The eggs are three, four, or five, white or bluish-white, with 

 red spots and speckles. 



The following dates occur, amongst others, in my diai'y : — 



