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12. AcRocEPHALus sTENTOREUs. (Great Reed Warbler.) 

 A not very common winter visitor, inhabiting the edges of 



jheels, paddy-fields, grass-jungle, and water-courses. One 

 was found cauglit in a bamboo fish-trap, left high and dry in 

 a dried-up paddy-field near Barrackpore, in November 1888. 



13. AcRocEPHALUs DUMETORUM. (Reed Warbler.) 



A winter visitor, but not common ; sometimes found in 

 dry localities at a distance from water. 



14. Orthotomus sutorius. (Tailor-bird.) 



Common, generally distributed, and resident. Commonly 

 builds in mango-trees in April and May. The Tailor- bird 

 does not always procure its food among the leaves of the 

 higher trees, but may often be seen hopping silently about 

 low down among thick bushes and brambles. 



15. CisTicoLA cuRsiTANs. (Rufous Fautail Warbler.) 



A common resident, found in grass-jungle, paddy-fields, 

 and jheels. The only nest that I found with anything in it 

 contained four tiny young birds on June 28tli. 



15 a. Arundinax aedon. (Thick-billed Warbler.) 



The Thick-billed Warbler is a rather uncommon winter 



visitor, inhabiting marshy jungle or woods and bushes on the 



edges of the jheels or in the paddy-fields. 



16. Lanius nigriceps. (Black-headed Shrike.) 

 A rare winter visitor. 



17. Lanius cristatus. (Brown Shrike.) 



A very common bird during the cold season, and a few 

 remain in the district all the year round. The telegraph- 

 wires at the side of the railway are favourite perches for 

 these birds. 



18. Tephrodornis pondicerianus. (Common Wood- 

 Shrike.) 



Very common, generally distributed, and resident, breeding 

 in April and May. The young birds follow the old ones 

 about, and are fed by them for some time after they have left 

 the nest and are fully grown. They feed on insects, usually 



