1922.] the Birds of S'lnd. '^^7 



Ph. ocnintalis that he had never obtained it in Sind, but that 

 Capt. Maiden had shot it at Jacobabad ; it is not clear that 

 Hume saw Maiden's specimen, and I have grave doubts as to 

 the correct determination of this and other birds which 

 Maiden informed Hume he had procured in Siiul. 

 Mr. Whistler did not meet with this species in the Lower 

 Punjab. 



The lines of migration of vlridanus would seem to lie to 

 the east of Sind. 



Of a lariTc series of n'ltidus the measurements are as 

 follows:— J , wino- 62-08 ; tail 45-51. ? , wing GO-62-5 : 

 tail 45-40 mm. Second primary between sixth and seventh 

 or equal to the seventh. 



Scotocerca inquieta striata (Brooks) . 



Although Dr. Day, when with Hume, only got the 

 Streaked Scrub-Warbler at i\Teera (3500 ft.) under Dharyaro, 

 the highest peak of the Khirthar Range, there can be no 

 doubt that it occurs in suitable places throughout the range, 

 and is of course resident. In the lesser hills of Sind, such 

 as the Soorjana and Laid groups, I failed to find this little 

 Warbler, and as Dr. Day did not meet with it under 3500 ft., 

 it probably only occurs in the highest parts of the range ; 

 he obtained his specimens in stunted acacias on 16 January. 

 Li other parts where I have met this species it frequents bare 

 rocky hill-slopes, where a few plants or small bushes afford it 

 hunting-ground for its food ; it is exceedingly active and a 

 very quick runner. It is found throughout suitable hills in 

 Beluchistan, N. W. Frontier Province, and the Salt Kange. 



Cettia cetti cettioides Hume. 



Hume found the Eastern Cetti's Warbler connnon in one 

 or two of the "dhiuuls" of the Larkliana District, notably 

 at Dost AUee. He describes it as an inveterate skulker, 

 haunting tamarisk and tiger-grass where these stand thick 

 and dense in swamp and water ; never flying or showing uj), 

 it creeps about in very thick cover, from which he found it was 

 impossible to dislodge it. It was long before I met this species 



