486 NOTES ON THE AVIFAUNA OF MOUNT ABOO 



551.— Franklinia Buchanani, Blyth. 



The Rufous- fronted Wren Warbler is common in the plains 

 frequenting similar haunts to D. terricolor, viz., long grass 

 studded with low bushes and scrub jungle. I found nests up 

 to the end of August, but I fancy, from the number of deserted 

 nests I came across in that and the preceding- month that the 

 greater number of them breed in May and June. 



[Does not ascend Aboo. More or less common throughout the 

 entire region. — A. 0. H.] 



553.— Phyllopneuste rama, Syhes. 



Whether Sykes' Warbler is the bird I refer to 1 cannot 

 say, as there appears to have been more than one species 

 confouhded by Dr. Jerdon under this head ; the bii'd 

 before me, however, certainly belongs to one of them, as Mr. 

 Hume has identified a skin which I forwarded to him for 

 inspection. It is common at Mount Aboo, disappearing at the 

 close of the cold weather. 



It is also common in the plains, arriving about the 10th 

 August, much earlier than most of our cold weather visitants. 



[The synonymy of this little group of Grey Warblers is at 

 present, to me at any rate, inextricably confused. We have 

 at least two species in India, one rather larger and greyer, the 

 other smaller and more rufous ; I myself believe the former to 

 be rama, of Sykes, and to be identical with J dun a caliqata, 

 which is scita of Eversm. The smaller bird I named agricolensis, 

 and I believe that this name ought to stand. But some of 

 the best authorities at home differ as to which bird was Sykes', 

 rama, and even as to which is caligata. 



The specimen sent to me from Aboo was the larger and 

 greyer bird. Of this I myself procured specimens from Ahme- 

 dabad, south of Deesa. I have it from Cutch and Kattiawar, 

 but have no knowledge of its occurrence in Sindh or Jodhpoor. 

 The smaller bird I have not yet seen from any one of these 

 localities or even from Jodhpoor, though a little further east, 

 at Ajmere and near Sambhur, it is not very uncommon. — 

 A. 0. H.] 



554.— Phylloscopus tristis, Blyth. 



The Brown Tree Warbler is tolerably common at Mount 

 Aboo during the rains and in the cold weather. It also occurs 

 in the plains, ai-riving with most of the other winter visitants 

 about the beginning of September. 



[Occurs throughout the entire region. — A. 0. H.] 



562.— Phylloscopus indicus, Jerdon. 



The Olivaceous Tree Warbler is also common at Mount Aboo, 

 arriving about the beginning of September and leaving towards 



