536 Mr. W. Jesse on the 
three or four leaves stitched together,, and lined with hair, 
in contradistinction to the true Tailor-bird, which lines the 
structure with cotton. On one occasion I found a nest of 
this bird in a clump of patowal, made of woven grass like that 
of P. inornata. I have always taken the eggs in June and 
July j but I once had one which was hard-set brought to me 
on March 31st. Tbey are four or five in number, glossy, 
and of a beautiful brick-red. 
Average of 13 Lucknow eggs 'Q^'' x "45" 
Measurement of largest e^g 'GS" x "47" 
„ smallest egg -62" v -42" 
No. 465. ^Prinia sylvatica. Jungle Wren-Warhler, 
So far as I am in a position to judge, this bird is very 
local. I believe that the late Major Cock found it not 
uncommonly in the Sitapur district ; but I know of only one 
spot where it is to be found in Lucknow, and that is in the 
patowal grass on the side of the railway as it runs by the 
Martiniere College park. That the bird cannot be common 
is, I think, evident, not only from the fact that Reid did not 
mention it, but because the Martiniere boys, than whom 
none are cleverer egg-finders, did not formerly know it. I 
have found its nest, a pretty little domed ball of grass, 
built close to the ground, on three occasions : once in June, 
1895, when the eggs Avere taken by a boy, and twice in tlie 
rains of 1901. The first of these two nests contained an 
Q^^, which disappeared j the second contained a clutch 
of five of a duU green colour, with a ring of faint red 
dots. These I took on July 27th, and the bird was 
sitting. I had a good view of her as she perched on a piece 
of wire, but unfortunatelv failed to secure her. 
Average of 5 Lucknow eggs , . -GS' ' X '50' 
Measurement of largest eg^ "T-S" x *oO 
„ smallest egg "62" X "ol 
No. 466. Prixia ixor.vata. Indian Wren-Warbler. 
Ghas Plmtki [H.]. Weaver-bird [Anglo-Indian boys]. 
The Indian Wren- Warbler is 'extremely common, par- 
ticularly in the sarpatta or patowal grass used for thatching. 
