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603. The Yellow-bellied Fantail Flycatcher — Chelidorhynx hijpo.van- 

 thura. 



The F. B. I. says that this bird " appears to be a perma- 

 nent resident." 



In the United Provinces, at any rate, it is decidedly migratory, 

 spending the cold weather in the foothills and sub-montane 

 tract and summering in the high level forests at from 10,000 to 

 11,000 feet. 



653. The Golden Bush Robin — Tarsiger chrysceus. 



The F. B. I. says of the distribution of this bird : " The 

 Himalayas apparently up to 5,000 feet." 



This species is seldom seen so low as 5,000 feet, except in the 

 winter ; it breeds near the snows at from 10,000 to 12,000 feet. 



664. The Shama — Cittocincla macrura. 



The F. B. I. gives the Western limit of the distribution of 

 this bird as Nepal. 



It occurs, however, as far West as Eamnagar on the Kosi 

 (S.-W. of Naini Tal) where I have found it breeding. 



698. The Small-billed Mountain Thrush — Oreocincla dauma. 



The F. B. I. says of this bird that it breeds in the Himalaya 

 up to 7,000 feet at least. 



In the United Provinces it is found in the sub-montane Sal 

 forests in the winter, but retires in the summer to the higher 

 Himalayas where it breeds between 8,000 and 10,000 feet. 



701. The Plain-backed Mountain Thrush — Oreocincla mollissiirm. 



This species, so far as my observations go, does not descend to 

 the plains forests in the cold weather, but winters in the hills. 

 It breeds at from 9,000 to 12,000 feet in the Himalayas. 



748. The Brown Bulfinch — Pyrrhula nepalensis. 



The F. B. I. says of the distribution of this bird: "The 

 Himalayas from Garhwal to Sikhim." 



This bird occurs fairly commonly throughout Tehri Garhwal 

 to the borders of Bashahr (West of the Tons) and probably 

 into the Punjab. 



It is a commoner bird than is generally supposed, but from 

 its habit of freqxienting the tops of high trees in Fir forest it 

 frequently escapes observation. 



To any one who has familiarized himself with its note it will 

 found by no means rare in the big Fir forests at from 7,000 to 

 9,000 feet. 



772. The Himalayan Green-finch — H ypacanthis spinoides. 



The F. B. I. gives the distribution of this bird as the Hima- 

 layas up to 9,000 feet. 



This is correct, but this species visits the plains along the 

 foothills in the winter months in vast flocks feeding mainly on 



wild hemp seed. 

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