328 NOTES ON SOME BIRDS COLLECTED IN THE EASTERN OR 
to be found in the open waste ground, and amongst the paddy- 
fields, flying from one ear of rice to another, and generally 
selecting those which were taller than the surrounding ones. 
It isa very wary little bird, just allowing one to get within 
range of it, when it would at once fly off, and perch again at 
a little distance off, upon the dried stalk of some withered herb 
or tall rice-stem. 
The following are the dimensions of four specimens recorded 
in the flesh :— 
Two Males.—Length, 5:2 to 5:3; expanse, 7:5 to 7°25; 
wing, 2°7 to 2°55; tail from vent, 2°05 to 2; tarsus °8 to 
°78; bill from gape, *62 to °66. 
Two Females.—Length, 5°2 to 4:8; expanse, “7 to 7:2; 
wing, 2°5 to 2°55; tail from vent, 1:85 to1°8; tarsus, °78 to 
8; bill from gape, *7 to °6. 
Irides, darkbrown ; bill, legs, and feet, black. 
518.—Arundinax edon, Pallas. 
This species appears to be very uncommon. I have only 
met with it once in the low scrubby jungle near Hlephant 
Point. The specimen then obtained was a female, and measured 
in the flesh :— 
Length, 75; expanse, 95; wing, 3:2; tail from vent, 
3°45 ; tarsus, ‘8; bill from gape, 1:1. 
Irides, dark brown; upper mandible, dusky brown; lower 
mandible, whitish yellow ; legs and feet, slate color. 
544 quat.—Drymoipus extensicaudata, Swinhoe.— 
(Vide S. F. IT, 310.) 
This little bird is rare. I have only seen a single specimen 
which I shot on the Ist of January a few miles from Ele- 
phant Point. It was running and hopping about amongst 
some acanthus bushes in a dried-up swamp, holding its tail 
erect, and giving utterance to a continuous succession of 
monotonous notes, probably to attract the attention of its 
partner. It was a male, and measured in the flesh :— 
Length, 5°8 ; expanse, ‘6 ; tail from vent, 2°85; wing, 1:95; 
tarsus, ‘8; bill from gape, ‘65. 
Trides, light brown; upper mandible, dusky brown ; lower 
mandible, pinkish white, tipped with horny, legs and feet, flesh 
color; claws, horny brown. 
[I have already previously thus identified similar specimens 
forwarded by Mr. Oates. This present specimen has been 
compared with Chinese examples received from Mr. Swinhoe.— 
A. O. HJ 
