256 TURDJD^E. 



from Turkestan intermediate in length between the 6th and 7th, and in one 

 from Sind between the 7th and 8th ; the bastard primary exceeds the primary 

 coverts by O'35 inch in both skins. 



Length. Of wing 2*4 inches ; tail 2*0 ; culmen in the Turkestan skin 0*51 ; 

 in the Sind skin O'8, darkish brown." The colour of the soft parts are not 

 given. This has been included on Mr. Seebohm's authority, who says he has 

 a skin from Sind as well as from Turkestan. Comparing my small series, 

 I cannot find any to agree with the colouration as above. 



Hob. Turkestan; wintering in Sind. 



Gen. AerOCehaluS. Naum. 



Bill large, depressed and broad at the base, with moderately developed rictal 

 bristles in two species only ; the bill is as slender as in Locustella ; wings 

 moderately long ; 3rd and 4th quills generally longest ; bastard primary minute 

 in one or two species only, extending in length beyond the primary coverts ; 

 tail more rounded than in Hypolais, 



307- Acrocephalus bistrigiceps, SivM.lbis, 1860, p. 51 ; Waid, 



in Bl. B. Burm. p, 104 ; Hume and Dav., Str. F. vi. p. 338 ; Hume, Str. F. 

 viii. p. 100 ; Seebohm, Cat. B, Br. Mus. v, p. 94; Gates, Str. F. x. p. 214 ; 

 Oates, B. Br. Burm. i. p. 97 ; Salicaria maackii, Schrcncls, Vog t Amurland, 

 p. 370. SCHRENCK'S REED-\VARBLER. 



Upper parts russet-brown, slightly brighter on the rump and upper tail 

 coverts, and greyer on the head, quills and tail feathers ; a distinct black 

 streak on either side of the crown of the head, below which is a broad super- 

 cilium running from the base of the bill ; lores dark brown ; ear coverts hair 

 brown ; breast and flanks pale rufous brown, shading into pale buff on the 

 middle of the abdomen and into white on the chin and throat ; wings and 

 tail brown, edged with russet brown on the outer webs ; axillaries, thighs, under 

 wing coverts and the inner edgings of the quills pale brownish buff ; bill 

 slender, locustelline ; upper mandible dark, lower mandible pale ; legs, feet 

 and claws horn-colour ; iris brown ; mouth pale yellow. 



Length. 5 to 5*1 inches; wing 2*1 to 2'2 ; tail 1*85 to 2 f l ; culmen 0*52 

 to 0-67 ; from gape 07 ; tarsus O'8 ; 2nd primary shorter than the 6//2, generally 

 intermediate between the 6th and *]th, or equals the 7th ; the first primary is 

 0*5 inch, or exceeds the primary coverts by 0*15 to 0*25 inch. 



Hab. The Amoor Valley, where it breeds ; also Japan, China, and Tenas- 

 serim. 



Schrenck's Reed-Warbler, Oates says, occurs commonly in the neighbour- 

 hood of Kyeikpadein in Pegu. Mr. Davison procured it at Tavoy in Tenas- 

 serim. It occurs in China. Mr. Swinhoe met with it in Amoy and Pekin. It 

 affects inundated rice and paddy fields, grass jungles, and low brushwood. 



