360 SYLVILDJE. 



iii, p. 339; Hume $ Dav. 8. F. vi, p. 338; Hume, Cat. no. 517; 

 Butler, S. F. ix, p. 406 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. M. v, p. 105 ; Oates, 

 B. B. i, p. 95 ; Davison, S. F. x, p. 390 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. 

 p. 2] 1 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 201 ; Oates in Hume's N. fy E. 2nd ed. 

 i, p. 229. 



Calainodyta agricola (Jerd.\ Hume, N. fy E. p. 328 ; id. S. F. i, 

 p. 190. 



The Paddy-field Warbler, Jerd. ; Terra kumpajitta, Tel. 



Coloration. Whole upper plumage russet-brown, brightest on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts ; tail of the same colour, and 

 margined brighter on the outer webs ; wings brown, margined 

 with russet on the outer webs ; lores dusky ; an indistinct super- 

 cilium from the bill to above the eye, and not extending much 

 beyond the latter ; ear-coverts and sides of neck like the upper 

 plumage; lower plumage pale buff, less bright on the abdomen, 

 and becoming almost white on the chin and throat. This is the 

 plumage after the autumn moult. In summer the buff of the 

 lower parts becomes very pale, and the upper parts are less ruddy, 

 being almost earthy brown. 



Iris pale yellow ; eyelids plumbeous ; upper mandible dark 

 brown, the lower one fleshy yellow ; mouth orange-yellow ; legs 

 and claws pinkish brown. 



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

 first primary '45 ; the second primary is intermediate between 

 the seventh and eighth, and occasionally equals the eighth. 



Distribution. In winter the whole of India from the Himalayas 

 south to Coorg and the Wynaad on the west, and to Nellore on 

 the east, and from Sind to Assam ; thence down to Southern Pegu 

 and Northern Tenasserim. 



In the summer some birds retire to the Himalayas, where they 

 breed from Kashmir to Nepal, but the majority appear to pass on 

 to Central Asia. 



Habits, fyc. Very aquatic. Has been found breeding in Kashmir. 

 A nest found by Brooks on the 13th June was a deep cup of grass 

 carelessly put together and built in a rose-bush. It did not contain 

 eggs, and none have as yet been procured in India. 



368. Acrocephalus macrorhynchus. The Large-billed Reed- 

 Warbler. 



Phyllopneuste macrorhynchus, Hu?ne, Ibis, 18G9, p. 357. 

 Acrocephalus inacrorhyuchus (Hume}, Hume, Ibis, 1871, p. 31 ; id. 



S. F. iii, p. 405 ; id, Cat. no. 517 bis ; Seebohm, Cat, B. M. v. 



Add. p. 404. 



Coloration. The upper plumage and visible portions of wings 

 and tail olive-brown ; the lower plumage pale ochraceous ; the 

 under wing-coverts and axillaries paler. 



Length about 5 ; tail 2-3 ; wing 2-4 ; tarsus -85; bill from gape -8; 

 the first primary measures *35 ; the second is intermediate between 



