558 Dr. C. B. Ticolmrst on [Ibis, 



10*5-12'5 mm. The first primary exceeds the primary- 

 coverts by 5-10, mostly 7-9 mm. 



Birds shot in February, March, and April showed no signs 

 of any spring moult. 



Hippolais scita (Evers.) = U. caligata auct. 



The records of this bird are not very satisfactory. Butler 

 in 1878 said it occurred in the neighbourhood of Hyderabad 

 and Karachi, and Murray says he obtained one at Jhimpir in 

 November. At the time these authors wrote the Warblers 

 were much mixed up, and identifications made then cannot 

 always be relied upon. There are no Sind specimens of 

 this bird in the British Museum, but Murray's bird is there, 

 and it is undoubtedly a specimen of H. rama. Butler 

 evidently was not sure about these Warblers, as there is in 

 the British Museum an example of this species obtained by 

 him at Deesa, in Rajputana, labelled rama by him. 



Mr, Whistler informs me that the Booted Tree-Warbler is a 

 passage migrant in the LoAver Punjab, and its migration route, 

 like those of some other species, may not pass through Sind ; 

 however, I think this unlikely, as there are undoubted spe- 

 cimens in the British Museum from Kelat on spring passage. 

 Although on the look out for it always in Lower Sind, I 

 failed to meet with it in two and a half years' close search. 



H. langxdda occurs in Beluchistan, but has not so far been 

 recorded in Sind. 



Sylvia communis icterops Menetr. 



The only previous record of the Eastern Common 

 Whitethroat is that of Butler, who stated that his collector 

 obtained a specimen at Kotri or Karachi. This bird is a 

 fairly common autumn passage migrant in the first days of 

 September (1st and 5th), and are most numerous about the 

 third week of the month ; last seen 9 October. During 

 its halt it is an exceedingly skulking bird, and unlike its 

 lesser relative (a^nis), docs not affect trees, but is usually 

 found in cultivation such as " brinjals " etc., or acacia bushes 

 in the vicinity ; or, if the monsoon has brought rain and 



