1922.] Birds of Jhanfj TJ'istr'id. 297 



on 24 September, 1918, and near Wariam on 10 September, 

 1919. The species appears in September in small numbers 

 as a regular autumn mijjrant in Sintl, so it is clear that the 

 fringe of the route just reaches this portion of the Punjab. 



Prinia inornata inornata Sykes. (1 skin.) 



This Wren-Warbler is a counnon resident, and is generally 



distributed throughout the district on all types of ground. 



Breeds in July and August. 



Prinia gracilis lepida Blyth. (3 skins.) 



A very common and widely-distributed resident, found 

 not only in the grass jungles of the riverain, but also on the 

 saltpetre im[)regnat(Hl plains with small thorn bushes and 

 desert plants about Massan, Shorkot, and similar areas. 

 Of the species of Prinia, it is least often found in cultivation. 

 It breeds from March to July. 



Prinia socialis Sykes. (2 skins.) 



A resident, but the least common of the three species of 

 Prinia found in the district ; observed here and there in the 

 Chiniot and Jhang tehsils, but not, so far as my notes serve, 

 on the Shorkot side. A few lived about my garden 

 throughout the year. 



Franklinia buchanani (Blyth) . (4 skins.) 



A resident, and common throughout the district wherever 



suitable patches of waste ground occur. It is, however, 



certainly less abundant than in the semi-desert plains of 



south-eastern Punjab. Breeds from April to August. 



Cisticola cisticola cursitans (Frankl.). 



The Fantail Warbler was found to be common and appa- 

 rentl}^ breeding in the " Pampas grass " and reeds of the 

 Nurpur escape late in July 1919. Otherwise it was only 

 observed at Kadirpur on 13 February, 1918, when one or 

 two were found in the rushy margin of a small half-dry 

 jheel. 



