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3rd June 1878, Female. — Length, 4*83 ; expanse, 5'50; wing-, 

 1'86 ; tail from vent, 1'33 ; tarsus, 0*70 ; bill from gape, 0*56 ; 

 at front, 0*37 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 0*80 ; 

 weight, 0'25 oz. Legs fleshy; bill above dusky, rest pinkish; 

 mouth inside fleshy. Shot off nest with five slightly incubated 

 eggs ; nests found only in Sun grass fields. 



Very common, and a permanent resident. Eggs are found 

 from the beginning of May to the end of June, in grass jungle 

 almost on the ground. The nest is a deep cup externally of 

 fine grasses, internally of the downy tops of the Sun grass. Its 

 flight is very well described by Mr. Davison in Stray Fea- 

 thers, Vol. VI, p. 349. 



543.— Drymoeca inornata, SyJces. 



2Sth May 1878, Male. — Length, 5*16 ; expanse, 6'0 ; wing, 

 2*0 ; tail from vent, 2'60; tarsus, 0*80 ; bill from gape, 0*58 ; 

 at front, 0*42 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1*75 ; 

 weight, 037 oz. Legs fleshy yellow ; claws light horny ; bill 

 horny, bluish at base of lower mandible ; mouth, inside black ; 

 eyelids dusky orange ; irides ditto. 



25th May, Male. — Length, 5*0; wing, 1*90 ; tail from vent, 

 2*16 ; tarsus, 075 ; bill from gape, 0'62 ; at front, 0*48 ; closed 

 wings fall short of end of tail, 1'50 ; weigh t, 0*37 oz. Irides dark 

 amber ; legs fleshy yellow ; bill black ; mouth, inside black. 



14:t/i June, Male, juv. — Length, 4*80 ; expanse, 5'50 ; wing, 

 1*83 ; tail from vent, 2'08 ; tarsus, 0*75 ; bill from gape, 0*56 ; at 

 front, 0*36 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1*16 ; weight, 

 0-25 oz. Irides light brown; legs pale yellowish fleshy; bill 

 hornv ; base fleshy ; mouth, inside pale fleshy. 



Pretty common in grass lands. From dissection it appeared 

 they breed in June and July. The generative organs of No. 3 

 were minute, and the mouth inside fleshy, whereas the other 

 two whose organs were large had the mouth black. This species 

 can readily be distinguished in the jungles it affects by its 

 white breast. 



555.— Phylloscopus fuscatus, Blyth. 



3rd April 1878. — Length, 5'0 ; expanse, Q'92 ; wing, 2'42 ; 

 tail from vent, 2*16; tarsus, 0'83; bill from gape, 0*58; at 

 front, 0"40 ; closed wings fall short of end of tail, 1*0 ; weight, 

 0'37 oz. Irides dark brown j legs dusky fleshy ; bill yellowish 

 at base, rest dusky ; mouth, inside light yellow. 



Tolerably common, frequenting gardens, hedges and thin 

 jungle on the borders of " beels." I have never heard it utter 

 any note. 



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