286 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



were to be found in Humana* to the northward, and in Khandesh 

 to the south, in many places in Rajputana (one was shot in 1810 

 within forty miles of the Kot Deji in Sind), and eastward as far as 

 Rewah and Palamow. It is probable that this animal was formerly 

 generally distributed in North-Western and Central India." t 



Dr. Blanford adds that he has never heard of a Lion in Kutch, 

 and suspects that Jerdon (' Mammals of India,' p. 92) was mis- 

 taken in supposing it to be found there. 



Eastward and north of India the Lion is not found, and almost 

 the only part of Western Asia in which it is common is in Meso- 

 potamia and part of South-Eastern Persia. 



ON THE NESTING OF THE MARSH WARBLER, 



A CROCEPHA L US PALUSTRIS. 



By W. Warde Fowler, M.A. 



Once more I have had exceptional opportunities of studying 

 this bird in the breeding season ; this being the fifth year of its 

 annual return to its favourite osier-bed. In May the osiers were 

 being cut, and I was on the point of abandoning my hopes of 

 seeing our visitor again this year ; but the owner of the acre or so 

 of withies most kindly consented to postpone further operations 

 until the autumn, and on June 5th I had the satisfaction of 

 listening to the expected song. This is the same day of the 

 month on which I first heard the bird here in 1892, and within 

 my experience the birds have always been as regular in all their 

 operations as if they went by an almanack. I have described the 

 song before, and will here only add that in my opinion it is 

 quite unrivalled for variety and pure silvery tone. The mimicry 

 contained in it does not detract from its peculiar charm, and 

 might well pass unobserved by a careless listener. The birds 

 imitated were almost exclusively those inhabiting the osier-bed 



* Andrew Murray states that it was extirpated at Human a in 1824 

 (Geogr. Distrib. Mammalia, p. 93). — Ed. 



f Gf. Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, xxxvi. part 2, p. 189 ; Proc. As. Soc. Bengal, 

 1868, p. 198 ; and Journ. Geogr. Soc. 1870, p. 204. The last we have heard 

 of were two reported to have been killed by some officers of tbe Central India 

 Horse when stationed at Goona in 1881.— Ed. 



