564 Dr. C. B. Ticehnrst on [Ibis, 



Pliylloscopvs by its call note being- different from that of the 

 familiar tristis ; he describes it as a loud, clear shrill " tis- 

 yip " ; he found it faiidy common in tamarisk-junole, 10 to 

 15 feet high, both at Sukkur and on the canal at Sehwan, 

 which communicates with Manchar Lake. Mr. Bell informs 

 me that he has found sindianiis common in Upper Sind round 

 Larkhana, and from ISukkur north to the frontier in tamarisk 

 and other trees, and he also noted a difference in the call 

 note from that of tristis. 



1 met with the Sind Willow- Warbler in December 1918 

 at Jamrao Head, where the Jamrao Canal takes off from the 

 E. Narra. Here the surrounding jungle is liable to 

 inundation, and tamarisk- and acacia-trees grow luxuriantly. 

 Early in the morning, before the dew is off the tall tamarisks. 

 I found this Phylloscopus hunting in small parties of two or 

 three birds in a very active and lively manner ; as soon as 

 the day began to warm up and the dew was absorbed, they 

 appeared to affect more the shady acacias in the vicinity. 

 I was unable to hear its notes, and I could detect no difference 

 in habits to tristis, except that I never saw this bird fly- 

 catching or affecting herbage by water as tristis often does. 

 It was, I think, the commonest of its tribe at Jamrao, but 

 one could obtain it, neglertus and tristis in the same tree, 

 though the latter was comparatively scarce. At Sukkur in a 

 similar sort of place — tamarisks in damp ground (indeed 

 the precise locality in which Brooks discovered it !) — I also 

 met with it. In Lower Sind I never found it, and it looks 

 as if it was confined in winter to the high tamarisk-jungles 

 which are more frequent in Upper and Central Sind. Else- 

 where in India it has so far not been met with, though I have 

 already recorded it from Mesopotamia (J. B. N. H. S. xxviii. 

 1922, p. 385). It is apparently a winter visitor to Sind. 



To Brooks's excellent original description I have little to 

 add. I obtained a fair series (eleven) in December ; the 

 absence of any greenish tinge on the edges of wings, tail, and 

 on the upper jiarts, and the paler yellow of the under Aving- 

 coverts and axillaries are distinctive characters ; also it is on 

 an average a trifle smaller than tristis. The wings measure : 



