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and in reed} 7 ground near tanks in Central India. It is found also in the vicinity of Calcutta, 

 and in various parts of India to Nepal and Afghanistan. Like the others it feeds entirely on 

 insects. It is migratory in India, going north to breed." Mr. W. E. Brooks obtained several 

 specimens at Almorah in April and May ; but it had then apparently not begun to breed. 



The eggs of the present species are quite unknown ; and the only information I find on 

 record respecting its nidification is the following from the pen of Mr. W. E. Brooks, C.E., Avho 

 writes (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xli. pt. 2, p. 77) as follows: — "Near Shupyion (in Cashmere) I 

 found a finished empty nest of this truly aquatic Warbler in a rose-bush which was intergrown 

 with rank nettles. This was on the road-side, where there was a shallow stream of beautifully 

 clear water. On either side of the road were vast tracts of paddy-swamps, in which the natives 

 were busily engaged planting the young rice-plants. The nest strongly resembles that of 

 Curruca garrula. The male with his throat puffed out was singing on the bush, a loud vigorous 

 pretty song like a Lesser Whitethroat's, but more varied. I shot the strange songster, on which 

 the female flew from the nest. This was the only pair of these interesting birds that I met with. 

 1 think, therefore, that their breeding in Cashmere is not a common occurrence." 



The specimen figured (on the same Plate with Acrocephalus dumetorum, for comparison) is 

 one in fresh spring plumage, from India. I have not figured a summer-plumage European-killed 

 specimen, because the plumage becomes much faded and worn in the summer season, when it is 

 met with in Europe. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens: — 



E Mus. II. E. Dresser. 



a, 2 ad. Ekaterinburg, Ural, July 12th, 1872. b. Sinara, in the Ural, July 10th, 1872 [L. SabanUcff). c, $ . 

 Etawah, N.W. P. India, March 21th, 1870 (W. E. Brooks). 



E Mus. Lord Walden. 

 a, 2- India, February 25th, 1870. b. Rognathporc, February 1864 (Beavan). c. Sylhet (Godwin- Austen). 



