382 Notes on the Birds of the Samhhur Lake Sj- its viciniti/. 



of forty birds lately received from my bird stuffer contained six 

 specimens. 



Tail feathers obsoletely banded. Thigh coverts, rufous. 



539. — Cisticola schcBnicola, Bonap. 



Not common. 



543 bis. — Drymoipus terricolor, Rume.^ '*^^"^l^''^^7,fri'3 



Not very common. This species breeds in July. 



544.— Drymoipus longicaudatus, Tichell 



Common ; all the specimens I have want the narrow sub-termin- 

 al dark band mentioned by Jerdon. Irides, yellowish brown. 



545 bis. — Drymoipus insignis, Sume. 



I have obtained only one specimen of this bird. It was shot 

 in the Koochamun iuntjle. 



550.— Burnesia gracilis, Bilpp. 



This is very common about the grass lands and low scrub 

 jungle. 



551. — Franklinia Buchanani, Blyth. 



Very common. This wren warbler is always found wherever 

 there are low bushes. It breeds just before the rains, but I 

 have not recorded the date. I had a nest with the bird and 

 five eggs sent to me. The eggs are pale bluish- white with 

 reddish-brown spots and freckles all over them. 



552 ^er.— Jerdkmia agricolensis, Sume. ^^^^y^~f- 



Not very common. " " ^ ~77~"r*7V * w-^^c, 



554— Phyllopseuste tristis, Blyth. 



Very rare. 



559.— Phyllopseuste nitida, Lath. 



Very rare/' , /V^ ..- ■ ; , ■ ! ' / ■ ^ '■' 



560. — AlDroifnis viridana, Blyth. 



Very rare. 



562. — Phyllopseuste indica, Jerd. 



Very rare. 



* This is the northern form, quite distinct from Sykes' Southern liicliaa 

 hiornatus. — Ed., Stray Featheks. 



