258 TURDID^E. 



310. Acroceplialus dumetorum, Biyth, J. A. s. B. 



p. 815; Jerd. B. 2nd. ii. p. 155, No. 516; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. liii.; 

 Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. p. 96- Calamodyta dumetorum (BlytK), Gray. 

 Handlist, B. p. 207. Salicaria eurhyncha, Sever tz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 66, 

 128; id. Str. F. 1875, p. 425. BLYTH'S REED-WARBLER. 



Upper parts olive brown ; supercilium very pale, nearly obsolete ; wings 

 and tail slightly darker brown, narrowly edged paler on the outer webs ; 

 beneath brownish buff, paler on the chin and throat ; under wing coverts 

 buffy white ; bill dusky, fleshy at base of lower mandible ; legs pale horn 

 brown ; irides yellowish. 



Length. 6 inches ; wing 2'5 ; tail 2'3 ; bill 07. 



Hab. Europe, breeds in the Himalayas, and winters in Sind, Punjab, N. W. 

 Provinces, Deccan, Travancore, Ceylon, Neilgherries, the Carnatic, Central 

 India, Bengal to Assam, and Nepaul. 



311. AcrOCephaluS agriCOla, Jerd., Madras Journ. xiii. pt. ii. 

 p. 131 ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 182; Jerd. B. 2nd. p. 156, No. 517 ; 

 Murray, Hdb~k. Zool., fyc., Sind, 153; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. vol. v. 

 p. 105 ; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. liii. Salicaria capistrata, modesta et gracilis, 

 Sever fa. Str. F. 1875, pp. 425, 426. The PADDY-FIELD WARBLER. 



Above from pale rufous brown to earthy brown ; supercilium faint, nearly 

 obsolete ; wings, wing coverts and tail feathers slightly darker, the feathers 

 edged rufescent or earthy brown ; beneath whitish with a fulvous tinge ; bill 

 brown, fleshy at the base of the lower mandible ; legs horn brown ; irides 

 yellowish. 



Length. 5^25 to 5-5 inches ; wings 2-25 ; tail 2-25 ; bill at front 0-55. 



Hab. According to Seebohm, this little Warbler breeds in the valley of the 

 Lower Volga and extends its range eastward in the Palaearctic region, at least 

 as far Turkestan, and probably to China. It also breeds in the Himalayas from 

 Cashmere to Nepaul, and winters in the plains of India. Occurs as a migrant 

 in Southern India, Sind, Deccan, Punjab, Beloochistan and Afghanistan. 



Gen. Locust ella. Kaup. 



Bill of moderate length, slender, straight, compressed, barely deflected at 

 the tip, which is slightly notched ; rictal bristles nearly obsolete ; wings long ; 

 the 1st quill minute, rarely extending beyond the primary coverts; 2nd nearly 

 equal to the third, which is longest; tail of 12 feathers rounded, the outer- 

 most feather, except in one species, shorter than the under tail coverts; 

 tarsus scutellated in front ; hind claw curved ; plumage lark-like, striped 01 

 spotted. 



