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fleshy ; iris brown. Culmen 0'65, wing 2*28, tail 2*6, tarsus 0'9 inch ; first 

 quill 0'25 longer than the coverts, second equal to the 10th, fifth longest. 



Hob. Kashmir, and Mongolia where Prjevalsky obtained it in 

 the Kusski mountains at an elevation of 7,500 feet. 



Frequents cultivated fields and grassy localities near ditches. 

 Its song resembles the sound made by a spinning-wheel and is 

 generally uttered from the grass, less often when the bird is on 

 a bush. It is shy and difficult to flush as it creeps about and 

 hides in the dense herbage with ease. Its nest and eggs are 

 as yet unknown. 



185. TACZANOWSKI'S WARBLER. 

 LUSCINIOLA TACZANOWSKIA. 



Lusciniolia taczanowskia, (Swinhoe), P.Z.S. 1871, p. 355 ; L. intermedia, 

 (Gates), Str. Feath. ix. p. 220 (1880) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Br. Mus. v. 

 pi. vi. fig. 2 (hind figure) ; (Pleske), Orn. Ross. ii. p. 421, Taf. iii. 

 fig. 5 ; (Gates), F. Brit. Ind. Birds, i. p. 363 ; L. luteiventris, (David 

 and Oust.) Ois. Chine, p. 239 (1877). 



g ad, (Burma). Upper parts and tail russet brown, the latter with 

 lighter tips ; wings plain brown, externally margined with russet brown ; 

 supercilium indistinct dull white ; lores tinged with brown ; ear-coverts 

 hair-brown with paler shafts ; cheeks white, the feathers generally tipped 

 with brown ; under parts white the breast flanks and under tail-coverts 

 tinged with buff, the last with broad white tips ; axillaries and under 

 wing-coverts pale buffy white ; bill dark brown ; the base of lower 

 mandible whitish ; legs whity flesh ; iris hazel. Culmen 0*55, wing 2*2, 

 tail 2 '4, tarsus 0'8 inch ; first primary about one-third as long as the 

 second which is intermediate between the 8th and 9th, third and fifth equal, 

 the 4th rather longer. The young have the cheeks and underparts 

 washed with deep yellowish buff, and the feathers on the throat tipped 

 with dusky brown. 



Hob. Eastern Siberia from the Transbaikal to the Ussuri, 

 wintering in Burma.. 



Frequents paddy-fields and grassland where there are 

 bushes, and is somewhat shy, skulking amongst the dense 

 herbage. Its nest, which is placed in a bunch of grass near the 

 ground, is tolerably well constructed of dry grasses, lined with 

 similar but finer materials, and the eggs 4 or 5 in number 

 resemble those of the Grasshopper- Warbler but are smaller. 



