284 FIRST LIST OF THE BIRDS OF 



front, 0*47 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1-08 ; weight, 

 037 oz. Irides light earthy brown ; legs light horny ; soles 

 greenish j bill above dusky, below fleshy ; mouth, inside 

 yellowish. 



lbth April, Male. — Length, 5*75 ; expanse, 7*33 ; wing, 2 # 42 ; 

 tail from vent, 2'08 ; tarsus, 0*74 ; bill from gape, 0*62 ; 

 at front, 0*42; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1*40 ; 

 weight, 37 oz. Irides earthy brown ; legs dusky ; bill dusky ; 

 base below, fleshy ; mouth, inside light orange yellow. 



Far from rare. Shot off trees as well as low garden hedges ; 

 has a call something like C. saularis, but considerably weaker. 

 Cold weather visitant. 



520.— Locustella hendersoni, Cass. (v. S. E., VI, 342.) 



21# March 1878. — Length, 5*25 ; expanse, 6*25 ; wing, 

 2*08 ; tail from vent, 2*08 ; tarsus, 0*58 ; bill from gape, 0*54; 

 at front, 042 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1 *42 ; 

 weight, 0*37 oz. Bill, above horny ; base below, yellow ; legs 

 pale fleshy ; irides buff. 



The first primary only is notched ; second quill longest . I 

 came across half a dozen birds one morning while they were 

 sporting about amongst some tamarisk bushes on a chur, and 

 got only one specimen. I never saw them again. 



530.— Orthotomus sutorius, G. R. Forster. 



30th March 1878, Male. — Length, 4*50 ; expanse, 5*25 ; wings 

 1*66 ; tail from vent, 1*75 ; tarsus, 0*80 ; bill from gape, 0*70 

 at front, - 54 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1*25 

 weight, 0*37 oz. Irides red brown ; legs fleshy ; bill, base bluish 

 rest dusky. 



Very common, and a permanent resident. Frequents gardens 

 and hedges, as well as high trees. I have frequently found the 

 nests, which they build at various heights from the ground ; 

 one I came across was built in a species of dock plant, and only 

 one foot from the ground. They lay in May and June, two to 

 three eggs in each nest. During the cold weather I have never 

 seen any of the long-tailed birds. Do these birds drop the long 

 feathers during those months ? 



539.— Cisticola cursitans, Frankl. 



I4<th March 1878, Male. — Length, 475 ; expanse, 6 # 25 ; wing, 

 2*0 ; tail from vent, 1*83 ; tarsus, 0'75 ; bill from gape, 050 ; 

 at front, # 32 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1:58. Irides 

 light brown ; legs fleshy. 



