ACROCEPHALUS. 



308. Acrocephalus orientalis, TV///, ct. Schifg. Fan,,, jap. 



Airs. p. 50, pi. xx. B. ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. \. p. 97 ; Gates, S/r. F. 

 iii. p. 337; Hume and Dav., Sir. F. vi. p. 338; Hume, Sir. F. viii. p. 100 ; 

 Gates, Str. F. x. p. 213. Acrocephalus magnirostris, Swinh., Ibis, 1860, 

 p. 51. The EASTERN GREAT REED-WARBLER. 



Upper plumage olive brown, tinged with fulvous, especially on the rump 

 and upper tail coverts ; wings and tail brown edged on the outer web with 

 fulvous brown ; lores darker ; a pale indistinct supercilium buffish white ; 

 ear coverts and sides of the neck like the back ; chin and throat white, rest 

 of under plumage fulvous, paler on the abdomen ; throat and breast generally 

 streaked with brown ; bill dark brown, the lower mandible dusky or pale flesh 

 colour; legs and feet slaty ; 2nd primary between yd and $th generally equal- 

 ling the 4M ; the first is minute ; irides yellowish brown ; eyelids plumbeous. 



Length. 7-7 inches; wing 3-0 to 3*5; tail 3; tarsus 1*15; culmen O'8 

 to 0-95 ; from gape ro. 



Hab. The valley of the Amoor, North China and Japan, passing through 

 South China on migration, and wintering in the islands of the Malay Archi- 

 pelago and the Burmah Peninsula. 



This species occurs in the grassy plains of Southern Pegu during winter, 

 also in Tenasserim, at Tavoy and Malewoon. It has a very wide range, being 

 found in the Malay Peninsula and Philippine Islands ; also in Batchian, Morty 

 and Lombock. It frequents large grassy tracts, bamboo thickets, and bushy 

 jungles. 



309. Acrocephalus StentoreUS, Hemp, et Ehr. Symb. Phys. 

 Ares. fol. b.b ; Heugl. Orn. N. Afr. i. p. 287 ; Shelley, . Egypt, p. 95 ; 

 Blf. East Persia, ii. p. 194. Agrobates brunnescens, J ' erd. Madr. Journ. 

 x. p. 269. Acrocephalus brunnescens, (Jerd^ Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. 

 p. 181 ; Jerd. B. Ind. ii. p. 154, No. 515 ; Hume and Henderson* Lahore to 

 Yarkand, p. 214, pi. xvi. ; Murray, Hdbk. ZooL, $-c., Sind y p. 152 ; Str. F. 

 vol. ii. 330; iii. 369. The INDIAN GREAT REED-\VARBLER. 



Above light olive brown, with a very slight ferruginous tinge, paler on the 

 rump ; wings and tail dark brown ; the quills and lateral tail feathers pale 

 edged ; supercilium buffy white ; chin white ; throat greyish white, as also is 

 the breast, but with a fulvous tinge ; rest of under surface yellowish or fulvous 

 white ; bill dark brown, fleshy at base of lower mandible ; irides yellowish ; 

 legs slaty brown. 



Length. 7-5 to 8'5 inches; wing 3 to 3-35 ; tail 3 ; tarsus i to ri. 



Hab. India generally, extending to Nepaul. Appears to be a resident 

 in Egypt ; breeds in Turkestan and the highlands of Persia, also in Cashmere 

 and Nepaul. (Seebohm.) In Sind it breeds in August. Probably also a 

 resident of Beloochistan and Afghanistan, where it occurs in some numbers. 

 Recorded from Rajputana, North Guzerat and Kutch. 



