536 Mr. W. Jesse on the 



three or four leaves stitelied together^ and lined with hair, 

 in contradistinction to the true Tailor-bird, which lines the 

 structure with cotton. On one occasion I found a nest of 

 this bird in a clump of patowal, made of woven grass like that 

 of P. inornata. I have always taken the eggs in June and 

 July ; but I once had one which was hard-set brought to me 

 on March 31st. They are four or five in number, glossy, 

 and of a beautiful brick-red. 



Averaoe of 13 Lucknow eg-os '62" x ■4o" 



"DD^ 



Measurement of larg-est eo-p: "GS" X "47" 



"OD 



smallest es-g '62" v -42" 



-oo 



No. 465. "^Prinia sylvatica. Jungle Wren-Warhler. 



So far as I am in a position to judgc^ this bird is very 

 local. I believe that the late Major Cock found it not 

 uncommonly in the Sitapur district ; but I know of only one 

 spot where it is to be found in Lucknow, and that is in the 

 patowal grass on the side of the railway as it runs by the 

 Martiniere College park. That the bird cannot be common 

 is, I think, evident, not only from the fact that Reid did not 

 mention it, but because the Martiniere boys, than Avhom 

 none are cleverer egg-finders, did not formerly know it. I 

 have found its nest, a pretty little domed ball of grass, 

 built close to the ground, on three occasions : once in June, 

 1895, when the eggs were taken by a boy, and twice in the 

 rains of 1901. The first of these two nests contained an 

 egg, which disappeared ; the second contained a clutch 

 of five of a dull green colour, with a ring of faint red 

 dots. These I took on July 27th, and the bird was 

 sitting. I had a good view of her as she perched on a piece 

 of wire, but unfortunately failed to secure her. 



Average of 5 Lucknow eggs "08' ' x '50" 



Measurement of largest ^^xrr u'.\" x '50" 



,, smallest e^yf^ '62" x "51 " 



No. 466. Prinia inornata. Indian Wren-JVarbler. 

 Ghas Phutki [H.]. Weaver-bird [Anglo-Indian boys]. 

 The Indian Wren-Warbler is extremely common, par- 

 ticularly in the sarpatta or patowal grass used for thatching. 



