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brown, widening posteriorly ; lores brown ; cheeks, ear-coverts, 
sides of neck and breast, and the flanks, the same as the eye 
streak, but darker; breast, abdomen, vent, and under tail- 
coverts pale yellowish buff; chin and throat white, tinged with 
yellowish ; the head and whole upper plumage olive brown, 
tinged with rufous, brightest on the rump and upper tail 
coverts; all the quills brown, edged narrowly on the outer 
webs with the colour of the back and upper plumage; tail 
brown, very narrowly edged rufous; upper wing-coverts 
brown, very broadly edged with rufous olive brown. 
A male measured:—Leneth, 5°12 ; expanse, 6°6; tail, 2:1; 
wing, 2:05; tarsus, ‘08; bill from gape, ‘68. The iris was 
brown; mouth pale yellow; upper mandible brown; lower 
mandible flesh-coloured, slightly dusky at tip ; legs plumbeous 
flesh colour; soles of feet yellow; and the claws horn colour. 
I have met with this bird only in the immediate vicinity of 
Kyeikpadein, chiefly in the plain in front of the bungalow 
there. 
I may as well add that the first primary is uncommonly 
large for birds of this genus, measuring half an inch in length. 
The second primary equals the seventh, or falls sometimes 
between the sixth and seventh. The third, fourth, and fifth 
primaries are nearly equal in length. 
248.—Arundinax aedon, Pall. (518.) 
Very abundant in all the country lying west of the canal, 
and also for some distance away from its eastern bank. 
Captain Ramsay got it at Tounghoo, and Dr. Armstrong at 
Elephant Point. It seems, therefore, to be universally distributed 
over the province. 
It is far more aquatic than any of the five Acrocephali just 
noted. It is generally found on the banks of streams and 
ponds in long grass, or even in shrubs. 
249.—Locustella lanceolata, Tem. (520 dis.) 
This bird is very common near Kyeikpadein from the middle 
of October to the end of February, and probably later. On 
first arrival it goes into the paddy, and when this is cut, it 
remains in the ‘stubble, and when this is trodden down ot 
burnt it takes refuge in grass, the thickest clumps being 
selected. As long as the paddy fields are wet it feeds from 
stalk to stalk, but ‘when the ground gets dry, it seems to feed 
habitually on the ground, running about among the roots of 
the herbage and rice. 
Mr. Hume has described this bird at length (8. F., 1, 
p. 409; VI, p. 339), 
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