566 l)r. 0. B. Ticeljurst on [tbis, 



but in Lower Sincl I never met with it tor certain, though I 

 tliought I once caught a glimpse o£ one in a small tamarisk- 

 jungle near Karachi ; it probably, however, does occur 

 wherever damp tamarisk-jungle is found, but no doubt a 

 large tract of Lower Sind is unsuited to its requirements. 



T have no information concernino; its times of arrival and 

 departure. Mr. Bell says those he obtained in February 

 showed " unmistakable preparatory signs of breeding," by 

 which I suppose he means thnt the sexual organs were then 

 beginning to enlarge, which fact is quite normal with all 

 winter visitors to Sind, as I have over and over again verified. 

 From its small size, short tail^ and earth-grey colour this 

 bird is unmistakable in the field. 



Twelve specimens measure: — J", wing 51-52*5; tail 

 40-4-2. ? , wing 47-5-50-5 ; tail 38-42 mm. 



Second primary equals ninth or tentii or between these ; 

 first primary exceeds primary-coverts by 8-10'5 mm. 



Phylloscopns nitidus nitidus Blyth. 



The Green AVillow-Warbler is a not very common autumn 

 passage migrant ; it arrives at the end of the first week in 

 September, and from then a few may be met with until mid- 

 October, and I saw an odd one as late as 9 November. So far 

 as I could make out, it invariably liaunts leafy trees, usually 

 " babools,''' and I never saw it in low bushes and crops, such 

 as P. c. tristis frequents. On spring passage I never saw it. 

 This is one of those species whose lines of migration, like 

 those of the Pastor and Black-headed Bunting, have a 

 considerable west and east trend more than north and south. 

 It breeds as far west as the Caucasus, but apparently does not 

 winter in countries lying to the south ; nor does it, I think^ 

 winter in Sind, 



It is worth noting that there are no records of either Pliyllo- 

 scopns griseolus or Phjlloscopus humei in Sind. The former 

 certainly breeds in northern Beluchistan, and must surely 

 pass through Upper Sind on passage ; the latter is a common 

 winter visitor to the Lower Punjab, and might be expected 

 to occur in Upper Sind. Hume (S. F. i. p. 197) says of 



