612 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. X, 



Genus Phylloscopus (Boie, 1826). 

 No. 405. Phylloscopus affinis (Tickell.) — Tickell's Willow 



Warbler. 

 Brooks, " S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 480 ; Scully, " S. F.," Vol. VIII, 

 p. 306 ; Dav., " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 394 ; Hume, " S. F.," Vol. XI, 

 p. 219. 



45 Far from common. I have only managed to get a few specimens. 

 No. 407. Phylloscopus supeeciliosus (Gmel.)— -The Crowned- 

 Willow Warbler. 



Gates, " S. F.," Vol. X, p. 223. — Reguloides siiperciliosus. — Brooks, 

 " S. F.," Vol. VII, pp. 128, 236 and 475 ; id.. Vol. VIII, p. 480 ; 

 Hume, " S. F.," Vol. XI, p. 222. 



46 Very common here, being seen in most trees hunting for insects. 

 Brooks has written very fully on this species. 



Genus Prinia (Horsf., 1821). 

 No. 463. Peinia flaviventeis (Deless.) — The Yellow-bellied 

 Wren-Warbler. 

 Hume, " N. and E.," 2nd Ed., Vol. I., p. 289 ; Gates, ''S. F.," 

 Vol. Ill, p. 340 ; id., Vol. V, p. 158 ; Hume and Dav., ^' S. F.," Vol. 

 VI, p. 347 ; Doig, *' S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 378 ; Butler, " S. F.," 

 Vol. VIII., p. 386 ; Gates, *' S. F,," Vol. X, p. 219 ; Hume, '' S. F.,^' 

 Vol. XI, p. 207. 

 ' 47 This is a common bird here and frequents grass jungle. The inside 



of the mouth turns black during the breeding season. 



Family Laniidce. 

 Sub-Family LaniincB. 

 Genus Lanius (Linn., 1766). 

 No. 475. Lanius nigeiceps (Frank.) — The Black-headed Shrike. 

 Hume, «'N. and E.," 2nd Ed., Vol. I, p. 315; Inglis, " S. F.,'* 

 Vol. V, p. 29 ; Hume and Dav., " S. F.," Vol. VI, p. 202 ; Cripps, 

 "S. F.," Vol. VII, p. 268 ; Scully, "S. F.," Vol. VIII, p. 264 ; 

 Hume, ♦' S. F.,'^ Vol. XI, p. 89. 

 48 This is the commonest , Shrike we have got. It frequents the tea 



Kerketta or gardens and scrub jungle. It has a very harsh note. The natives 

 ^dhea^^^' catch numbers of them in springles, baited with mole-crickets. 



