298 Mr. H. Whistler on tlie [Ibis, 



Laticilla burnesi (Blytli), (2 skins.) 



This Grass- Warbler is fairly common about the thick 

 cover o£ the Nurpur escape. It was also observed in small 

 numbers about the Massan jheels and in " Pampas grass " 

 in the river-bed of the Chenab at Dab Kala.n. A single 

 example was seen at the small canal outlet at Asabha. 

 Tlie majority of the birds were observed in the winter 

 months, but as the Asabha bird was seen on 9 September 

 and a pair were noticed at Nurpur on 25 July, I presume 

 that the species is resident in the district. It lias a loud 

 and pleasant song, similar to that of Scuvicola cajmita. 



Orthotomus sutorius sutorius (Forst.). (4 skins.) 



A resident, and generally distributed in small numbers 

 throughout the district wherever small gardens and culti- 

 vation produce conditions suitable to its habits. Breeds in 

 April and May. 



Pyctorhis sinensis (Gmel.). (1 skin.) 



Only observed on the bank of the Chenab at Dab Kalan, 

 south of Shorkot, when one of a pair was shot in a patch of 

 thick " Pampas grass" on 26 December, 1918. 



Argya candata caudata (Dum.). (10 skins.) 



Resident, common, and generally distributed, but most 

 partial to those areas where dry, bare plain studded with 

 wild C;aper bushes borders on cultivation. Nests may be 

 found from March until April. It is not, however, so 

 abundant as in the wide semi-desert areas of the south- 

 eastern Punjab about Hissar. 



Crateropus terricolor sindianus Ticehurst. (10 skins.) 



A resident, and generally distributed but less abundant 

 than the last species. Nests were found in May. 



Turdus viscivorus subsp. ? 



A single Missel-Thrush was seen and heard on the canal- 

 bank near Kot Sultan on 22 January, 1920. 



