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Acrocephali, and it is impossible to distinguish one species from 
another till dead, and in the hand. All have the same habit 
of springing up at your feet and settling again a few feet off. 
When the rice is cut, it remains in the stubble, creeping 
about on the ground, and never shewing itself. At sunset it 
frequently flits about in a restless manner, and it was at this 
time that I found it possible to get a few specimens with 
tolerable certainty. 
The bird is also found in scrub and grass jungle, running 
about among the roots on the ground. It is abundant all 
round Kyeikpadein, and near the banks of the Pegu river. 
252.—Orthotomus sutorius, Penn. (530.) 
Very abundant over the whole province in the plains and 
lower hills. 
253.—Orthotomus atrigularis, Tem. (530 bis.) 
T have found this bird common from Rangoon to Pegu, and 
further up into the hills in the Pegu river valley. It is a forest 
species, uttering its loud call from the top of some high tree, 
which the preceding species never does I think. 
254.—Prinia flaviventris, Deless. (532.) 
I found this species common in the swamps round Rangoon, 
and it occurs abundantly in the thick grass on the upper parts 
of the canal, and in the plain to the west of it. 
255.—Prinia gracilis, Frankl. (536.) | 
A common bird over the whole province. It does not 
appear to occur on the hills or in thick forest where the next 
species replaces it. 
256.—Prinia beavani, Walden. (538 bis.) 
I have observed this bird in every part of the province I 
have visited. It frequents the forests, or at all events very 
well-wooded localities. 
257.—Cisticola cursitans, Frankl. (539.) 
An excessively common bird in all grass land and cultivated 
ground, and generally distributed in the plains. 
258.—Cisticola volitans, Swinhoe.* (541,) 
Originally found in Formosa. This little Warbler, like so 
* Blyth’s name has, I believe, precedence. I cannot discover where Blyth first 
published the name, but as early as 1856 he wrote it on the tickets of ‘T'ytler’s 
Dacca specimens. So I presume he must have published it at or about that time— 
but where? Swinhoe’s name was first publishedin 1859 in the Journ. N. Chin. 
A. 8. Jerdon only published Blyth’s name in 1863. So of course if Blyth himself 
did not publish the name, Swinhoe’s name will stand, But I feel pretty sure Blyth 
did publish the name.—Wp., 8, F. 
