276 STLVIID^E. 



belong to this species, but of a very different character, has been 

 sent me by Mr. Mandelli. This was found at Tendon g, in Native 

 Sikhim, on the 6th July, and contained four fresh eggs precisely of 

 the type of those of A. schisticeps. The nest was placed in the 

 cavity of a truncated bamboo about 4 feet from the ground, and 

 was a loose cup, the basal portion composed of dry bamboo-leaves, 

 and the rest of the nest being made of excessively fine grass, 

 flower-stems, similar to those used in the Tailor-bird-like nest 

 above described, but with a quantity of feathers mingled with this 

 in the lining of the nest. 



The eggs of this species are of precisely the same type as those 

 of A. schisticeps and A. superciliaris, but they are the smallest of 

 all. They are little regular oval eggs, with a white, greyish, or 

 pinky white ground, with deep red freckled and mottled markings, 

 which are densely set about the large end, where they generally 

 form a cap or zone, and usually much less dense elsewhere. 



The eggs sent me measured O55 and 0*57 by O43. 



445. Scotocerca inquieta (Cretzschrn.). The Streaked Scrub- 

 Warbler. 

 Scotocerca inquieta (Riipp.), Hume, Rough Draft N. fy E. no. 550 bis. 



The Streaked Scrub- Warbler is a permanent resident of the bare 

 stony hills which, under many names and broken into multi- 

 tudinous ranges, run down from the Khyber Pass to the sea, 

 dividing the Punjab and Sind from Afghanistan and Khelat. 



An account of its nidification is contained in the following note 

 furnished me by the late Captain Cock : 



" I first discovered this bird breeding in February in the Khut- 

 tuck Hills. It is common throughout the range of stony hills 

 between Peshawur and Attock, and I have seen it on the hills 

 between Jhelum and Pindi, but never took their nest in this latter 

 locality. At Nowshera it is very common, and towards the end of 

 February a collector could take four or five nests in a day. It 

 builds in a low thorny shrub, about 1| feet from the ground, makes 

 a largish globular nest of thin dry grass-stems, with an opening in 

 the side, thickly lined with seed-down, and containing four or five 

 eggs. Their nesting-operations are over by the end of March." 



Lieut. H. E. Barnes, who observed the bird at Chaniau in Af- 

 ghanistan, says: "These birds are quite common about here on 

 the plains, but I have not observed them on the hills. They com- 

 mence breeding towards the end of March ; the nest is globular 

 in shape, not unlike that of Franklinia buchanani, but somewhat 

 larger, built invariably in stunted bushes about two feet from the 

 ground. It is well lined with feathers and fine grass, the outer 

 portion being composed of fibres and coarse grass. The normal 

 number of eggs is six. I have found less, but never more, and 

 whenever a lesser number has been taken they have always proved 

 to be fresh laid. 



