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I luinc collection there arc specimens from Doesa, Sangor, Seoni. 

 EUipur, and Samhalpnr. Further north this hircl oiviirs at Kta\\ah. 



Jhinjhak (Cawnpore), Dinapup, and in Ondh. 1 ha\e seen a spe- 

 cimen \\ Inch is labelled Paroling. Jerdon slates that. (". locust, I- 

 /(/</<s is eommon all oxer Lo\\er Bengal, aiul (Yipps records it from 

 FniToedpore. Godwin-Austen inserts it in his list of Khasi-hill 

 birds, hut dots iu>t state the precise locality \\here lit 1 obtained it. 

 It is a permanent resilient in all parts of its range. 



l/iil>ita. i\v. Hreeds from May to September, eonst met in<;- a n;h- 

 hnlar nest of grass, NV iih the ent ranee at the >ide. in a flump of 

 grass or in a hush or e\en on the ground. The eggs are white 

 spet-kletl \\ith |)iirplish hro\\ n and inky purple, and measnio 



8 hv <;. 



(ienns ARUNDINAX, Blvth. 1845. 



The genus Anoxliini.r contains only one species, a common 

 \\inttr \isitor to the eastern parts of the Empire. It hns the 

 general aspect of Acrocephalus, out has really no close affinities for 

 thai genus, from \\hieh it ditTers in having a large iirst primary, :i 

 more graduated tail, and a rough forehead. Its affinities seem to 

 be more with ////yd/<n. and fy/rw. Although fond t>f \\ater and 

 generally found mar rivers and marshes, it is not a reed-bird to 

 the same extent as the Keed- Warblers. 1 ha\e frequently found 

 it among bnshos and trees, and Davison remarks that in Tenas- 

 serini it is found chiefly in gardens, along the edges of fields where 

 there is cover, on the outskirts of forests, and not unfrequently in 

 gran, 



It appears to have two complete moulls a year, but the changes 

 of colour at thet\\o seasons ;ire very slight and not worthy of 

 separate description. The 86X68 are alike. 



Fig. 126. Head of A. aSdon. 



In this genus the bill is very strong and rather wide, and there 

 are three strong rictal bristles somewhat diagonally phuvd. There 

 are some supplementary hairs in front of these bristles, and the 

 feathers of the forehead are disintegrated, soft, and with the shafts 

 M>me\\hat produced. The third primary reaches to the tip of 

 the Ming. The tail is very mueh graduated, and the feathers 

 narro\\ . 



