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Littledale states that it is very common at Baroda during the rains 

 when it breeds. 



Fulton, writing of Chitral (B. N. H. S. Journal, Vol. XVI., p. 50), 

 says : — " A summer visitor arriving in the beginning of May and 

 leaving in August. Not numerous, and only ascending the valley as 

 far as Drosh. None noted above 5,000 feet." 



Ferguson says (B. N. H. S. Journal, Vol. XV., p. 235) that this 

 species is one of the Travancore birds usually resident in the plains, 

 but found during the hot months at considerable elevations on the 

 hills. 



Inglis, speaking of Darbhanga, writes (B. N. H. S. Journal, Vol. 

 XIV., p. 132) " very common during the breeding season. They 

 arrive towards the end of March and leave about the end of October." 

 Ward states that it is "a well-known summer visitor " to Kashmir 

 and Jammu. 



The ab^ve facts seem to show that the Paradise Fly-catcher moves 

 about a good deal, but that its migrations are very local, and appear 

 to be chiefly with the object of avoiding extremes of temperature — 

 above all anything approaching cold. 



(775) The Yellow-throated Sparrow (Gymnorhis jlavicollis). — 

 According to Oates this bird occurs in the plains of India from the 

 foot of the Himalayas down to Travancore and from Sind eastwards 

 to about the longitude of Midnapore in Bengal also Ceylon. This 

 species ascends the Himalayas in parts, and the hill tracts of the 

 South of India up to about 4,000 feet. It extends westwards to 

 Persia. 



Hume states: — "The Yellow-throated Sparrow breeds pretty well 

 throughout India, except in the extreme south and again in Orissa 

 and Bengal. From Behar to Sind and from Dehra Dun at any rate 

 to Bangalore it may be found nesting, I believe." 



Ferguson says it breeds in Travancore. 



Barnes says that it is a permanent resident throughout the Bombay 

 Presidency. No one seems to hint that the species is in any way 

 migratory except Inglis, who in his "List of the Birds of the 

 Madhubani subdivision of the Darbhanga District" (p. 137 of Vol. 

 IV of this Journal), says: — " Flocks are seen from May to October." 

 There can, I think, be no doubt that this bird is merely a winter 

 visitor to Lahore. It comes in considerable numbers and I must 



