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FURTHER NOTES ON BIRDS OF THE PROVINCES OF 



KASHMIR AND JAMMU AND ADJACENT 



DISTRICTS. 



BY 



Colonel A. E. Wakd. 

 (Continued from page 949 of Volume XVII.) 

 The first part of this list was published in April 1906 and included the 

 results of investigations up to 1906. Since then the results of expeditions into 

 Ladak, Kistwar and Badrawar have been tabulated. Where any fresh inform- 

 ation was gathered I propose to enter it shortly in these notes. 

 Okder Passekes. Fam. Corvid^e.— Crows, &c. 

 (28). Nucifraga multipunctata. — The Larger-spotted Nutcracker. The 

 young of this bird were hatched out on April 29th, it is probable that this bird 

 has two clutches during the summer. 



Fam. Crateropodid^e. — Laughing Thrushes. 

 (259). Leptopcecile sophice. — Stoliczka's Warbler-Tit. In the summer of 

 1906 my collector secured a specimen in the Nubra valley. Other specimens 

 I have are from Turkestan. 



Fam. Regulid/E. — Gold Crests. 

 (358). Regulus cristatus. — The Goldcrest. The eggs were taken in the 

 Liddar valley by Col. K. Buchanan's collector in May and by my men on June 

 19th, July 2nd and July 6th ; the clutch consists of 4 eggs, white spotted with 

 red at the thick end, less so towards the thinner. On one occasion the male, 

 female and nest were secured, on others the male or female. That taken on 

 June 19th was watched whilst being built. 



Fam. SylviidjE. — Warblers. 

 (401). Sylvia althcea. — Hume's Lesser White-throated Warbler. The eggs 

 of this Warbler were taken by myself in Kashmir at 8,000 feet elevation on 

 May 27th and also on the Ladak Road near Kargil in 1906, by my collector, 

 Mr. C. H. Crump. 



(408). Phylloscopm indicus. — The Olivaceous Willow-Warbler. The eggs 

 of this Warbler were taken in Ladak at 11,500 feet altitude in August 1906 

 and a female bird was shot in June at Bat-Kurbo, Ladak Road. 



(411). Phylloscopm negleetus. — The Plain Willow- Warbler. Mr. C. H. Crump 

 (Collector) secured the birds and eggs (4) on May 28, 1906, at Kargil and again 

 on June 22nd. 



Fam. Laniid/e. — Shrikes. 

 (477). Lanius teplironotus. — The Grey-backed Shrike. This bird breeds in 

 Poonch, generally in May. 



Fam. Oriolid^e. — Orioles. 

 (519). Oriolus gallula. — The European Oriole. Rattray has already told 

 us about this Oriole breeding near Murree, and in the summer of 1906 

 several eggs were secured in Poonch territory. 



