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various places in Tenasscrim quite down to the extreme southern portion nt 

 the Division. It is diffused over China, and possibly in the Islands of the 

 Malay Archipelago. It summers in Siberia. Its habits are not unlike those of 

 Z. straminea* 



Gen. LtlSCiniola, Gray. 



General characters of Locustella ; wing rather short ; 1st quill longer than the 

 primary coverts, and never more than half the length of the 2nd, which is a 

 little shorter than the 3rd and 4th, which are equal ; tail graduated ; tarsus 

 moderate, more or less distinctly scutellated in front. 



315. LuSCiniola sedon, (Pall) Seebohm, Cat, B. Br. Mus. v. p. 121. 

 Muscicapa oedon, Pall. Reis. Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 695. Phragmaticola 

 olivacea, (Blyth) Jerd., Madr. Journ. xiii. pi. ii. p. 129. Arundinax olivaceus, 

 Jerd^ B. Ind. ii. p. 157, No. 518. Arundinax aedon, Hume, Sir. F. ii. 

 p. 234; Armstrong, Sir. F, iv. p. 328; Hume and Day., vi. p. 339; Hume, 

 Sir. F. viii. p. 100. Arundinax axlon, Blyth, B. Burm. p. 104 ; Oates, Sir. 

 F. x. p. 215 ; Oates, B. Br. Burm. \. p. 98. FALLAS'S GRASS- WARBLER. 



Upper parts fulvous olive brown, brightest on the rump ; wing coverts, 

 quills, and tail brown, all edged with fulvous olive brown externally ; lores 

 brown ; ear coverts and sides of the neck fulvous olive brown ; no superciliary 

 streak ; under surface bullish white, lighter on the chin, throat, and abdomen 

 and suffused with russet brown on the flanks, vent and under tail coverts ; axil- 

 laries and under wing coverts buff ; upper mandible dark horny brown, lower 

 flesh colour tipped with orange ; legs and feet plumbeous ; claws horn colour. 



Length. 7-7 inches; wing 3- to 3-3; tail 3' I to 3-5 ; tarsus ii ; culmert 

 07 to crS ; from gape o 88 ; 2nd primary intermediate between 7th and 8th 

 or equal to 7th. 



Hab. Punjab, N.-W. Provinces, Oudh, Bengal, the Carnatic, also Nepaul 

 and British Burmah during winter. It is spread well over the whole of 

 Northern India and British Burmah. In the latter, it has been found over the 

 whole of Pegu, also in Arrakan, Tenasserim, and the Andamans. Breeds in 

 S.-E. Siberia and North China. It is usually seen on reeds, in marshes, 

 ponds, &c. 



316. LuSCiniola thoracica, (Blyth) Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 v. p. 124. Dumeticola thoracica, Blyth, J . A. S. B. xiv. p. 584 ; id. Cat. B. 

 As. Soc. p. 183. Dumeticola affinis, (Hodgs.) Jcrd. B. Ind. ii. p. 158; 

 Brooks, Sir. F. 1875, p. 286. HODGSON'S GRASS- WARBLER. 



Upper parts dark russet brown, tinged slightly with olive ; lores and feathers 



behind the eye dark brown; eye stripe pale ashy white, rather indistinct ; wiiu.*s am! 



tail like the back; chin and centre of abdomen m\uly white, |b idiiu,' intn pale 



ashy grey on the throat and breast, and olive brown on the tiank^ ami under 



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