338 BIRDS OF TENASSERIM. 



515 Qis — Acrocephalus orientalis, Tern, and Schl. 

 (5). Descr. S. F., III., 337. 



Tavoy ; Malewoon. 



An occasional visitant to the low country in the central and 

 southern portions of the province. 



[This appears to be a very rare species in Tenasserim. I only 

 met with it once at Tavoy, and once at Malewoon, on both occa- 

 sions in gardens. In its habits it does not appear to differ in 

 any way from the more common Arundinax cedon, working its 

 way about among dense clumps of bushes. — W. D.] 



517.— Acrocephalus agricolus, Jerdon. (1). 



Kedai-Keglay. 



Apparently a mere straggler in Tenasserim. 



[I met with this bird only on one occasion, when I flushed 

 and shot a specimen from a small clump of grass on the edge 

 of a large jheel at Kedai-Keglay. — W. D.] 



517 ter. — Acrocephalus bistrigiceps, Swinh. (l). 



Tavoy. 



[I met with this species only once, when I saw and shot a speci- 

 men in a Nipa swamp, on the banks of the Tavoy river. It was 

 moving about among the Nipa or (Dhunny Palm) stems, stop- 

 pin o- every now and then to sing, which it did most charming- 

 ly.— W. rx] 



We only obtained a single specimen of this "Warbler at 

 Tavoy. The following are its dimensions, &c, recorded in the 

 flesh :— 



Male. —Length, 5 25 ; expanse, 6'75 ; tail from vent, 2*0; 

 wing,-2l2; tarsus, 0*8 ; weight, 0'25 oz. 



Legs and feet pale reddish brown ; upper mandible dark hor- 

 ny ; lower mandible reddish yellow ; irides dark brown. 



Our only specimen of this species being still in Mr. Sharpe's 

 hands in England, I am compelled to content myself with trans- 

 cribing Mr. Swinhoe's original, and all too curt, description. 



" It may easily be distinguished by a line of black over a 

 yellowish streak above each eye. Length, 5*25 ; wing, 2*3 ; 

 tail, 2*1, graduated; bill, 0*5; to gape, 0"6. Upper parts olive 

 brown, tinged with sienna, redder on the rump and edgings 

 of the tail; wings hair brown, margined with the prevailing 

 colour ; throat, belly, and under wing-coverts whitish ; the 

 rest of the lower parts deeply washed with sienna buff." 



