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leaves of the sycamore and wild cherry tree. The note is a "tzip-tzip." I did 

 not find a nest. 



(260). Cephalopyrus flammiceps. — The Firecap is a fairly common little 

 bird on the hill. It appears to be an early breeder, as family parties with young 

 fully fledged were going about by the middle of June. The habits and notes of 

 this species are very similar to those of the last. On June 22nd I saw a nest 

 with young situated about 25 feet from the ground in a hole in a sycamore. 

 The parents visited the nest with food on an average every five minutes. The 

 female apparently takes upon herself the duty of keeping the nest clean. 



(269). Hysipetes psaroides. — The Himalayan Black Bulbul is not often seen 

 on the top of the hill, but from 7,000 feet down it is fairly common. Eggs 

 were shown me which were taken in the middle of June. 



(284). Molopastes leucogenys. — The White-cheeked Bulbul occurs sparingly 

 about the hill sides below Kala Pani. 



(323). Sitta leucopsis. — The doll-like squeak of the White-cheeked Nuthatch 

 is a familiar sound on the hill. This nuthatch is common and is the only species 

 of its family in Thandiani. The eggs are laid in May and June. The nest is 

 usually in a hole in a decayed ;pine or sycamore tree and the entrance is not, as 

 far as I am aware, reduced by being mudded in. 



(327). Dicrurus ater. — I am not sure whether the common King Crow occurs 

 within the limits defined or not. It is fairly common just below these limits. 

 A pair of drongos which I saw nesting in a "Kandhar" tree outside the Kala 

 Pani dale bungalow on 20th May were, I believe, of this species. 



(328). Dicrurus longicaudatus. — The Ashy Drongo occurs in the forests up 

 to about 8,000 feet and is common. A number of fully fledged young were in 

 evidence on the outskirts of the forests above Kala Pani on 9th and 10th July 

 The notes are very similar to those of the last species. A common one is 

 " Drangh-glp " or " gip-gfp drangh." 



(341). Certhia himalayana. — The Himalayan Tree-creeper is common every- 

 where. I saw fully fledged young on July 1st. These are darker in plumage 

 than their parents. I have several times seen this tree-creeper picking its food 

 from the ground. 



(401). Sylvia althcea.— Between 4,000 and 5,000 feet when climbing the hill 

 on 20th May I saw a good many whitethroats, some of them undoubtedly the 

 Indian. One bird was singing most exquisitely and its notes were different to 

 those of the others ; it was, I think, Hume's Lesser Whitethroat. The song may 

 be rendered in words something as follows : " karu-karu-karu, ka.rl-karl-ka.ri, 

 chirri-chirri-chirri, chup-chup-chup-chup, chawai-chawai-chawai, lhf ' probably 

 the birds nested near where I saw them. 



(402). Sylvia affinis.—Vide note on last species. 



(415). Phylloscopus proregulus. — Pallas' Willow-Warbler is common. I saw 

 one with nesting materials in its bill on 22nd May, but [could not trace it home 

 in the thick jungle. This tiny bird has a habit of fluttering in the air below the 

 end of a branch, when in search of food. 



