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366. Acrocephalus dumetorum. BlytKs Reed- Warbler. 



Acrocephalus dumetoru.ni, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 815 (1849) ; 

 id. Cat, p. 826 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat, i, p. 332 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, 

 j>. 155 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xxxviii, pt, ii, p. 181 ; Godiv.-Amt. J. 



A. S. B. xxxix, pt. ii, p. 270; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 77 ; 

 xliii, pt. ii, p. 246 ; id S. F.W, p. 241 ; Anders. S. F. iii, p. 351 ; 

 Butler, S. F. iii, p. 479 : Anders. Yunnan E.vp., Ares, p. G22 ; 

 Legge, Birds Ceyl p. 545 ; Hume, Cat, no. 516 ; Seebohm, Cat, 



B. M. v, p. 104; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 448; Biddulph, Ibis, 1882, 

 p. 278 ; Oates, B. B. i, p. 96 ; Damson, S. F. x, p. 390 ; Barnes, 

 Birds Bom. p. 210 ; Oates in Hume's N. $ E. 2nd ed. i, p. 226. 



Calamodyta dumetorum (Blyth), Hume, N. $ E. p. 327. 



The Lesser Heed- Warbler, Jerd. Podena, II. ; Tik-tikki, Mussulmans ; 

 Tikra-j Benpf. ; Kumpa-jitta. Tel. 



Coloration. Upper plumage olive-brown, tinged with fulvous, 

 not with russet ; wings and tail brown, edged on the outer webs 

 with olive-brown ; lores dusky ; over the lores an indistinct pale 

 streak reaching to the eye ; ear-coverts and sides of neck like the 

 back ; lower plumage pale buff, paler on the chin, throat, and 

 abdomen. In summer the buff on the lower parts becomes ex- 

 tremely pale. 



Bill dusky, fleshy at base beneath ; legs red-brown ; irides yellow- 

 brown (Jerdon). 



Length 5'8 ; tail 2-3; wing2'4; tarsus -9; bill from gape *7; 

 first primary *35 ; the second reaches to about the end of the sixth, 

 or is intermediate in length between the sixth and seventh. 



The present species may be distinguished from the last by its 

 much larger bill, differently shaped wing, and by the absence of a 

 rufous tinge on the upper plumage. 



Distribution. In winter throughout the plains of India from the 

 Himalayas to Ceylon, and from Sind to Assam, and extending to 

 Southern Pegu. 



In summer this species is found in Kashmir and along the 

 whole range of the Himalayas to Nepal, in which tract it breeds 

 commonly. Many birds, however, appear to migrate to Northern 

 Asia. 



Habits, c. This species is less aquatic than the others in its 

 habits. It breeds in various parts of the Himalayas at all altitudes 

 up to about 7000 feet. The nest is a globular structure of grass 

 and reeds with a lateral entrance, and built low down in a bush on 

 the bank of a stream. The eggs, four in number, are white, speckled 

 with rufous, and measure about -62 by *5. 



367. Acrocephalus agricola. The Paddy -field Heed- Warbler. 



Sylvia (Acrocephalus) agricola, Jerd, Madr.Joum. xiii, pt. ii, p. 131 



'(1844). 



Acrocephalus agricolus (Jerd.), Blyth, Cat. p. 182 ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 

 i, p. 334 ; Jerd. B. I. ii, p. 156 ; Godw.-Aust. J. A. S. B. xxxix, 

 pt. ii, p. 270 ; Brooks, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. ii, p. 77 ; Oates, S. F. 



