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parties hunting for insects. Reid says that it arrives as 
early as September, and leaves as late as Aprils but I have 
only noticed it during the colder months. It is also found 
in mango-topes. 
No. 418. Phylloscopus humii. Hume^s Willow -War bier. 
Fairly common, though less so, I should fancy, than 
P. tristis. It inhabits much the same localities_, and arrives 
and departs about the same time. 
No. 421. AcANTHOPNEusTE NiTiDus. Green Willow- 
Warbler. 
Reid says : — "^ Only, I think, a cold-weather visitant, 
though I have shot it in September, and as late as the end 
of April. It. frequents mango-topes, and is fairly abundant 
in the fences along the railway. ^^ 
My observations agree with the above, and I have nothing 
further to add. 
No. 422. *AcANTHOPNEUSTE viRTDANUs. Greenish Willow- 
Warbler. 
In the Museum are three specimens {^ <$ ? ), identified as 
belonging to this species, labelled " Lucknow.^^ They were 
obtained by the native Museum collector. 
No. 464. Prinia socialis. Ashy Wren-Warbler. 
Phutki [H.]. Tom-tit [Anglo-Indian boys] . 
This little bird is a common and permanent resident, 
and is especially fond of dhak- and thorn-jungle. Reid 
remarks that '^ it is very destructive in gardens, where it 
destroys peas with a vengeance, snapping its tail at anyone 
who attempts to interfere with its apparently favourite 
pastime.^^ The reference to the tail-snapping brought on 
poor Reid^s head the scorn of A, O. Hume, but, though 
badly expressed, the former^'s observation was correct. When 
disturbed this bird flits about, jerking its tail, and making 
a snapping noise. This snap is, in my opinion, made by 
bringing the two mandibles sharply together. Whenever it 
does this, the bird jerks its'tail — hence Reid^s error. It makes 
a nest like that of a Tailor-bird, but with rarely less than 
