154 Col. U. Meinertzliagcn on the [Ibis, 



Phylloscopus indicus (Jerd.). 



This .species was t'ounJ commonly at certain sheltered 

 spots in the juniper forest at Ziarat throughout June and 

 July, usually near water in ravines, where they had no doubt 

 bred, as quite young birds were seen in early June. They 

 were not noted passing either to or from their breeding 

 haunts, but there is a specimen in the Quetta Museum from 

 Nushki obtained during May, which may show they are late 

 spring migrants. 



Six obtained, all at 8000 feet near Ziarat. Wing 61-63 

 nun. Second prinuiry equals the tejith or eleventh. 



Lusciniola melanopogon. 

 L. ni. riiimica ]\Iad. 



A fairly common bird of passage in spring and autumn, 

 ]>ut must be carefully looked for on account of its skulking 

 ways and the very limited area of country suitable for its 

 habits, which are purely aquatic. The bulk appear to move 

 north from the end of February and during the first half of 

 March, and to move south from the last days of August and 

 throughout September. None were observed in winter. A 

 few birds are summer visitors. I only located three pairs 

 breeding, and I found all their nests with eggs — two on the 

 Lora River near Baleli on l.vi. and 2. vi. with three eggs 

 eaclij and one at Kuchlak on 14. v. with four eggs. The 

 nests were in dense tangled sedge standing in about a foot 

 of water, and were deep cup-shaped structures of dead reed- 

 stalks, ornamented with grass seed and the flowers of reeds, 

 while in one instance there was a little camel-hair lining. 

 The eggs w^ere very similar to those of the Sedge- Warbler, 

 densely covered with dark- and greenish-brown spots which 

 in two clutches had distinct zones of hair-lines round the 

 larger end of the egg. 



Four specimens obtained. AVing of males 62 mm. 



Acrocephalus stentoreus. 



A. s. brunnescens (Jerd.). 

 A few pass through in spring and autumn, being most 



