C AL AMOHERPIM. 211 



Stray Feathers, Vol. Ill, p. 479 ; Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. 



IX, p. 405 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 148. 

 THE LESSER REED WARBLER. 



Length, 6 ; wing, 2'4 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; bill at front, 0'4. 



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

 red-brown. 



Above olive-brown, with a pale supercilium ; beneath whitish- 

 tinged with pale earthy-brown. 



The Lesser Reed Warbler occurs during the winter months 

 in many parts of the district ; it is not common, and appears to 

 be locally distributed. 



Acrocephalus agricolus, Jerdon. 



517. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 156 ; Butler, Deccan ; 

 Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 406 ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology 

 of Sind, p. 149. 



THE PADDY FIELD WARBLER. 



Length, 5'25 ; wing, 2*25 ; tail, 2'25 ; tarsus, 0'9 ; bill at 

 front, 0-4. 



Bill brown, paler beneath ; irides yellow-brown ; legs brown. 



Above pale rufous-brown, brightest on the rump ; wings brown, 

 edged with rufous ; tail dull brown ; beneath whitish, tinged with 

 fulvous, and brownish on the flanks. 



The Paddy Field Warbler occurs as a cold weather visitant 

 to Sind ; it is also not uncommon at the same season near 

 Belgaum. 



Lusciniola melanopogon, Tem. 



518&is. Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 149. 



THE MOUSTACHED GRASS WARBLER. 



Length, 575 ; expanse, 7'4 ; wing, 2*45 ; tail, 21 ; tarsus, 0'85 ; 

 bill at front, 0'45. 



Bill dark-brown, almost black, paler on lower mandible ; irides 

 brown to pale-brown ; legs dusky-brown, soles pale-yellowish. 



A broad conspicuous white stripe from the nostrils over the 

 eyes and ear-coverts ; a dark-brown stripe from in front of under 

 and through the eyes, enveloping the upper portion of the ear- 

 coverts, darker in the males than the females ; the chin, throat, 

 and lower parts, including the lower tail-coverts, white, faintly 

 tinged rufescent on the breast, more strongly so on the flanks 

 about the vent, and, in some specimens, the lower tail-coverts 

 also ; the sides, both of the neck and body, tinged with greyish, 

 or in some olivaceous-brown ; the forehead, crown, occiput, and 

 nape, very dark-brown, the feathers tipped and margined with a 

 paler yellowish olive-brown ; in some specimens, these tippings 

 entirely obscure the bases, except on a narrow line immediately 

 above the white eye-streak ; in others, these parts appear to be 

 very dark-brown, regularly striated with the paler olive-brown, 



