582 MANUAL OF PHILIPPINE BIRDS. 
Genus MEGALURUS Horsfield, 1821. 
Bill small and slender, culmen_ gently curved; bill from nostril a little 
less than hind toe without claW rictal bristles few and small; first 
primary more than one-half second, the latter considerably exceeded by 
third; fifth and sixth equal and longest; rectrices long, pointed, and 
much graduated, the inner ones usually considerably abraded ; tail much 
longer than wing; tarsus long and heavy; toes short; tarsus about two- 
fifths of wing. 
Species. 
a*. Much larger; wing, about 100 mm.; tarsus, about 38; top of head earthy brown. 
palustris (p. 582) 
a*,. Much smaller; wing, about 70 mm.; tarsus, about 28; top of head rusty brown. 
tweeddalei (p. 583) 
566. MEGALURUS PALUSTRIS Horsfield. 
STRIATED MARSH WARBLER, 
Megalurus palustris HorsFiELp, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1820), 13, 159; SHABPE, 
Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1881), 7, 123; Hand-List (1903), 4, 202; Oatss, 
Fauna Brit. Ind. Bds. (1889), 1, 383, fig. 122 (head); WHITEHEAD, 
Ibis (1899), 219 (habits); OATes and Rerp, Cat. Birds’ Eggs (1905), 
4, 199; McGrecor and WorcESTER, Hand-List (1906), 89. 
Su-néd ca-la-bao, Manila. 
Bohol (McGregor); Catanduanes (Whitehead); Luzon (Cuming, Kittlitz, 
Hverett, Steere Exp., Whitehead, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor, Bartsch) ; Ma- 
rinduque (Steere Exp.); Masbate (Bourns & Worcester); Mindanao (Mearns) ; 
Mindoro (Steere Hap., Everett, Schmacker, Bourns & Worcester, McGregor) ; 
Samar (Steere Exp.); Ticao (McGregor). Manipur, Burmese provinces, south- 
eastern New Guinea, northern and central India to Bhutun and Buxa Doars, 
Assam, Java. 
Adult.—Above sandy buff; back heavily streaked with black; top of 
head and tail-coverts faintly streaked with brown; superciliary line 
white; ear-coverts and space behind eye sandy brown; lores and cheeks 
whitish; under parts white; sides of breast, flanks, thighs, and crissum 
washed with buff ; lower throat, sides, and crissum with dark brown shaft- 
lines; wing-feathers blackish, edged with pale sandy buff; basal portion 
of primaries and secondaries edged with light rusty buff; rectrices brown, 
edged with lighter brown. Iris brown; upper mandible brown, lower 
mandible horn-blue; legs and feet brown. In worn plumage the upper 
parts appear much blacker and the shaft-streaks on under parts are more 
prominent. A male from Luzon measures: Wing, 100; tail, 142; culmen 
from base, 18; bill from nostril, 12; tarsus, 36. A female in worn 
plumage, wing, 85; tail, 113; culmen from base, 18; bill from nostril, 11; 
tarsus, 33. 
Young.—Immature birds are distinguished by having sides of head 
and under parts washed with pale lemon-yellow. In Benguet Province, 
Luzon, this species was found breeding during April and May. 
