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(698). Oreocincla dauma. — I twice saw the Small-billed Mountain-Thrush at 

 about 7,000 feet, but I do not think it can be common. It keeps to the thick 

 forests. 



(709). Cinclus asiaticus. — While watching a little Forktail, a Dipper came into 

 the field view of my glasses and perched on a boulder for some seconds, then 

 flew away round a bend in the stream. From the coloration, which was a 

 lightish grey spotted about the breast, I came to the conclusion the bird was a 

 young Brown Dipper. 



(741). Pycnorhampus icteroides.— The Black and Yellow Grosbeak is one of 

 the common birds on the ridge, and in May his loud call note of " trdkatree, 

 trdkatree, trekup tr6kup " resounds around. The "tre"is well represented by 

 an ordinary whistle with a pea or circular piece of cork in it. Both male and 

 female use the call note. The song note of the male is a pretty whistle 

 " tre-trui, tre-trui." These grosbeaks feed on the fresh shoots of the pine 

 and on the seeds in the cones. Often they are to be seen picking about on 

 the ground. The breeding season commences in June. I did not look for 

 nests. 



(767). Carduelis caniceps. — On 20th May at about 5,000 feet I saw a pair of 

 Himalayan Goldfinches fly past me down the hill, and on 10th July a flock of 

 eight or nine flew past me about the same place. This species most probably 

 breeds in the vicinity of Thandiani. 



(772). Hypacanthis spinoides. — The Himalayan Greenfinch is rare at 

 Thandiani. I only once succeeded in getting a distant view of the bird. 

 On 30th June I heard what was undoubtedly a greenfinch call note outside 

 the house I was living in and ran out in rather scanty attire to look for the 

 originator of the sound, but had to double back again when a lady of the 

 station was seen coming up the road. The call note is precisely similar to that 

 of the European greenfinch. 



(776). Passer domesticus. — I saw a solitary example of the House Sparrow 

 outside a hillman's hut at about 5,500 feet on 10th July. 



(780). Passer cinnamomeus. — Agreeable as it is to get away from the common 

 sparrow of the plains, the Cinnamon Tree Sparrow is quite an acquisition to the 

 avifauna of the hill. This handsome sparrow is common and nests in holes in 

 decayed trees about the hilltops. I saw eggs that were taken early in June 

 and a pair building for a second brood on 30th June. 



(793). Emberiza sttwarli. — The White-capped Bunting is fairly common on 

 the bare hills below the forests. 



(794). Emberiza stracheyi. — The Eastern Meadow Bunting is common on 

 the hilltop and nests in May and June. The nesting site is usually in a hollow 

 on a hillside or in a cleft of a rock. The clutch appears to be only three. The 

 eggs have the peculiar markings of the bunting family and are very like those 

 of the English yellow hammer. When on the ground or the branch of a tree 

 this bunting is constantly jerkily expanding the tail, causing the white outer tail 

 feathers to flash into view. The call note is a " gwink gwink." 



