THE EASTERN GREAT REED-WARBLER. 
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This Warbler confines itself to low jungle and grass-land^ and is espe- 
cially fond of wet localities and the banks of nullahs and ditches. 
Whenever I have met with it I have found it very common and easy to 
observe. It feeds a good deal on the ground. It has a low single note^ 
which it frequently utters while flitting from spot to spot. 
Subfamily ACROCEPHALIN^. 
Genus ACROCEPHALUS, Naum. 
96. ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS. 
THE EASTERN GREAT REED-WARBLER. 
Salicaria turdina orientalis, Temm. et Schleg. Faun. Jap., Aves, p. 50, pi. xx. b. 
Acrocephalus magnirostris, Swinh. Ibis, 1860, p. 51. Acrocephalus ori- 
entalis, Wald. Tr. Z. 8. viii. p. 64, ix. p. 195 ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 251 • Oates, 
S. F. iii. p. 337 ; Hume Sf Dav. 8. F. vi. p. 338 ; Hume, 8. F. viii. p. 100 ; 
Seehohm., Cat. Birds B. Mus. v. p. 97 ; Oates, 8. F. x. p. 213. Calamodyta 
orientalis, Dav. et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 252. 
Description. — Male and female. Upper plumage olive-brown tinged with 
fulvous, especially on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wings and tail 
brown, edged on the outer webs with fulvous-brown ; lores darker ; a pale 
indistinct supercilium huffish white ; ear-coverts and sides of the neck like 
the back; chin and throat nearly white; remainder of lower plumage 
fulvous, paling on the abdomen. The throat and breast are generally 
much streaked with brown, and 1 have hardly ever seen a specimen in 
which this streaking was entirely absent ; the streaking probably indicates 
immaturity. In summer the lower plumage becomes paler. 
Iris yellowish brown ; eyelids plumbeous ; mouth orange-yellow ; upper 
mandible dark brown, edges and the whole lower mandible dusky flesh- 
colour; legs plumbeous. 
Length 7*7 inches, tail 3^ wing 3*2, tarsus 1*15, bill from gape 1. The 
female is of much the same size as the male. The second primary is 
generally equal to the fourth ; the first primary is very minute and 
pointed. 
The Eastern Great Reed-Warbler occurs plentifully in the vast grassy 
plains of Southern Pegu during the winter months. I have observed it 
from the 3rd of October to the 10th of May. It is remarkably common in 
the plain extending from Kyeikpadein to Myitkyo and easterly to the 
Sittang river. It is also found in the plain extending from Kyeikpadein 
