. Birds. Birds. ARUNDINAX. 389 Hume collection there are specimens from Deesa, yaugor, Seoni, Eaipur, and Sambalpur. Further north this bird occurs at Etdwah, Jhinjhak (Cawnpore), Dinapur, and in Oudh. I have seen a spe- cimen which is labelled Darjiling. Jerdon states that G. hcusfel- loides is common all over Lower Bengal, and Cripps records it from Turreedpore. Godwin-Austen inserts it in his list of Khasi-hill birds, but does not state the precise locality where he obtained it. It is a permanent resident in all parts of its range. Habits, ^-c. Breeds from May to September, constructing a g
. Birds. Birds. ARUNDINAX. 389 Hume collection there are specimens from Deesa, yaugor, Seoni, Eaipur, and Sambalpur. Further north this bird occurs at Etdwah, Jhinjhak (Cawnpore), Dinapur, and in Oudh. I have seen a spe- cimen which is labelled Darjiling. Jerdon states that G. hcusfel- loides is common all over Lower Bengal, and Cripps records it from Turreedpore. Godwin-Austen inserts it in his list of Khasi-hill birds, but does not state the precise locality where he obtained it. It is a permanent resident in all parts of its range. Habits, ^-c. Breeds from May to September, constructing a glo- bular nest of grass, with the entrance at the side, in a clump of grass or in a bush or even on the ground. The eggs are white speckled with purplish brown and inky purple, and measure •8 bv -6. Genus AEUNDINAX, Blyth, 1845. The genus Arundinaic contains only one species, a common winter visitor to the eastern parts of the Empire. It has the general aspect of Acrocephalus, but has really no close affinities for that genus, from which it differs in having a large first primary, a more graduated tail, and a rough forehead. Its affinities seem to be more with Hypolais and Sylvia. Although fond of water and generally found near rivers and marshes, it is not a reed-bird to the same extent as the Eeed-Warblers. I have frequently found it among bushes and trees, and Davison remarks that in Tenas- serim it is found chiefly in gardens, along the edges of fields where there is cover, on the outskirts of forests, and not unfrequently in grass. It appears to have two complete moults a year, bat the changes of colour at the two seasons are very slight and not worthy of separate description. The sexes are Fig. 126.—Head of A. asdon. In this genus the bill is very strong and rather wide, and there are three strong rictal bristles somewhat diagonally placed. There are some supplementary hairs in front of these bristles, and the feathers of the forehead are disintegrated, soft,
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