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in Sindh it was much commoner than Drymoipus longicaudatus, but not nearly so common as 
along the banks of the great rivers.” According to Dr. Jerdon it is found along the Hoogly, 
the Indus, and the Ganges; Captain Beavan says that it is common at Maunbhoom; Mr. E. A. 
Butler records it from Mount Aboo (where, however, it is sparingly met with), Mr. W. E. Brooks 
from Mussouri and Gangaotri; and, according to Mr. A. O. Hume (Stray Feathers, iii. p. 136), 
Mr. Oates obtained it at Thayetmyo, in Upper Pegu. 
In habits this bird is said to be very active and restless, frequenting the thickets and low 
bushes, from which it is extremely difficult to drive it out. It creeps and climbs about in the 
close foliage with ease, resembling in that respect our comnon Wren, and is not unfrequently 
seen on the ground in search of insects, and amongst dense reed-growth; and as it hops and 
climbs about it carries its tail high, sometimes quite erect, especially when it utters its clear low 
call-note. The male is said to be of a jealous and quarrelsome temperament; and during the 
pairing-season they may often be seen fighting and pursuing each other. In Maunbhoom, 
Captain Beavan says (Ibis, 1867, p. 454), this bird often “goes about in parties of seven or 
eight, sometimes more, frequenting the low and thick bushes of Zizyphus jujuba. In watching 
a flock of them, some are seen diligently searching every twig and leaf, others on bare twigs 
near the ground prying intently among the leaves, another, mayhap, on a fallen leaf, with his 
tail cocked up, and whole attitude one of the greatest consequence. Another, on the top of the 
bush, is preening himself, twisting his body, and stretching his wings; and the last, on the point 
of flying off to a neighbouring bush covered with scarlet flowers, gives a preparatory circular 
sweep with his tail, and is off, soon to be followed by all the rest. 
“The male has a very sweet but short song. ‘The peculiar silky texture of the feathers of 
the breast is remarkable. ‘They are sometimes, but not often, seen in low trees. The whole 
flock, when they see any thing unusual, will commence their chirping-call of tee-tee-tee, whence 
the native name ‘Teep-tee-pee.’” Mr. Blanford, who met with it in Persia, says (KE. Pers. ii. 
p. 207) that he always saw it in sandy semi-desert localities or salt swamps. ‘Sometimes 
it is found in thick bushes, but more frequently in the scattered shrubs and small bushes 
scattered about deserts and sandy shores. It is an active little bird, constantly in motion inside 
the bushes, hunting for insects amongst the twigs and occasionally on the ground under the 
bush, and flying the shortest of distances with the feeblest of flights. Its nest, which I saw on 
the Abyssinian coast, is like that of other Drymece, made of grass, oval, and with an entrance 
at the side near the top. The eggs are described by Von Heuglin as white spotted with 
brownish. Specimens killed on the 17th of March at Jalk were breeding.”” In his notes on the 
ornithology of Abyssinia this gentleman also remarks that ‘this bird has the usual hiding, 
skulking habits of the genus; and consequently it was by no means easy to procure specimens. 
In general it is only seen for an instant flying with a weak uncertain flight from one bush to 
_ another, which it immediately enters, and is lost amongst the roots and branches. It is always 
solitary or in pairs, never in flocks. Mr. Jesse found the nest, with two young birds apparently 
only hatched a few days before, on June 12. It was neatly constructed chiefly of grass, with 
the entrance at the side, and placed in a hedge which surrounded the Commissariat enclosure.” 
The nest of the Streaked Wren Warbler is fully domed, having the entrance at the side. 
Mr. Andrew Anderson, who found it breeding on the Ganges, writes (Ibis, 1872, p. 237):—“TI 
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