50 Mr. Hugh Whistler on the 



A spring and autumn passage-migrant in small numbers. 

 On the spring migration it Tvas met -with as late as June, 

 when individuals were found singing in the dense mulberry- 

 undergrowth of the thicker parts of the Rak. 



[Iris brown ; feet dull brown ; bill dark brown above, 

 horu-coloured below. 



The remarks of Mr. Whistler, and the fact that the bird 

 shot on May 30 had the testes much enlarged, suggest that 

 this species was breeding in the Jhelum district. This would 

 be an extension of the breeding-range (see Hartert, Vog. 

 pal. Faun. p. 575). The autumn specimens are just com- 

 pleting an entire moult, and the underparts are much more 

 washed with buff at this time of year than in the spring. — 

 C. B. T.'\ 



Sylvia affinis. The Indian Lesser Whitethroat. 



884. 3.10.1913. Jhelum. ? . Wing 64 mm. 

 1333. 9.3.1914. „ „ 67-5 mm. 



A common passage-migrant in March and April, and 

 from August to October; also a winter visitor in smaller 

 numbers. It is usually to be met with feeding in Kikur 

 trees, the forehead being often heavily covered with pollen 

 from the yellow blossoms. 



[Iris brown; feet dark blue-grey; bill blue-grey at base, 

 blackish at the tip. 



The March bird is going through a complete body moult, 

 which includes the inner three tertials ; rest of wings and 

 tail moderately worn. Although the differences in colour 

 between this race and S. c. curruca are not constant, I 

 find that in a large series the wing-formula of S. afiinis is 

 strangely constant, the second primary being between the 

 sixth and seventh. In a series of S. curruca it is between 

 the fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth. — C. B. 7'.] 



Phylloscopu« tristis. The Brown Willow- War bier. 

 671. 10.4.1913. Dhoili. Wing 55 mm. 



899. 14.10.1913. Jhelum. ? . „ 56-5 mm. 



900. „ „ „ 57 mm. 

 915. 1.11.1913. „ „ 60-5 mm. 



