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226. (J. April 29th, near Shiraz (about G000 ft.). 



328. ? . May 19th, Shir River (7000 ft.). 



In the large series of Cetti's Warbler in the British Museum 

 I find as much individual variation in the colour of the western 

 as in that of the eastern specimens, and I do not consider that 

 C. orientalis is distinct either as a species or a subspecies. 



By the sides of streams and in dry river-beds, where bushes 

 grew thickly, Cetti's Warbler was common from 3000 ft. 

 to over 9000 ft. I seldom saw the bird distinctly, but its 

 unmistakable song, which is like nothing else that I have ever 

 heard, was sufficient for identification. This song is really 

 wonderful. From the dense bushes or other vegetation 

 one suddenly hears a burst of loud and stridulous notes 

 rapidly uttered. Then all is abruptly silent and nothing can 

 be seen. Again, a little further on, another crash of song- 

 breaks forth from the bushes and as suddenly stops, and at 

 length a small brown bird is seen skulking through the 

 undergrowth. And so every time one tries to trace the 

 performer one catches a glimpse of this little bird, and is 

 obliged to come to the reluctant conclusion that so small a 

 creature really does make so loud a noise. 



50. Phylloscopus neglectus Hume; Blanf. t. c. p. 182. 



250. ? ad. April 28th, Kalah-Mushir (6700 ft.). 



IIS. ? ad. June 8th, near Bija (5000 ft.). 



Dr. Blanford obtained only two examples of this species, 

 one at Shiraz and one in Baluchistan, both in winter. I 

 observed the bird only in the two localities from which my 

 specimens are dated. 



On April 11th, at Kalah-Mushir, I saw a pair of these 

 tiny Warblers carrying nesting-materials about on a rough 

 hill-side well overgrown with oak trees. I sat down and 

 watched the birds. They were not at all shy, and flitted 

 from twig to twig, uttering a faint single note like that of 

 a Goldcrcst. Having roughly located the position of the 

 nest by the actions of the birds, 1 searched for it and soon 

 found it between two bushy branches of a small thickly 

 growing bush about two feet six inches from the ground. 



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