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Fam. STURNiDyE. — Starlings. 



(544). Temenuchus pagodarum. — The Black-headed Myna occurs in Badarwa. 

 Fam. Muscicapid^. —Flycatchers. 



(566). Cyornis hyperythrus. — The Rufuous-breasted Blue Flycatcher was 

 found with a clutch of 4 eggs in the Liddar valley, Kashmir, on June 15, 

 1907. The eggs are pale brownish white, suffused with brownish red. This is 

 the only specimen I have obtained in Kashmir. 



Fam. Turdid;e. — Chats, Thrushes, &c. 



(618). Saxicola picata.— The Pied Chat was shot by Mr. Crump at Kargil 

 on September 2nd, 1906. 



(621). Saxicola pleschanha. — The Siberian Chat. A pair of these birds were 

 observed building at Kargil on May 28th.' 



(624). Saxicola cenanthe. — The Wheat-ear Chat. A single specimen was shot 

 in the Ward wan valley in September 1907. 



(626). Saxicola deserti. — The Desert Chat was found in Ladak during the 

 summer of 1906. 



(637). Microcichla scouleri. — The Little Forktail. I saw several of these 

 birds in 1906 and 1907 in Kashmir and took the nest on 19th June, but the eggs 

 were hard set, they were dull white in colour, sparsely spotted with reddish 

 brown at the thin end, more so at the thick, and measured "85 by *58 inches. 

 The nest was a large one, measuring \\ inches high and 3£ in diameter. 



(639). Ruticilla frontalis. — The Blue-fronted Redstart. The eggs of this 

 bird (3 clutches) were obtained on the 5th and 11th August at 11,000 feet in 



Kashmir. 



(645). Ruticilla erythrogaster. — Giildenstadt's Redstart. All efforts to 

 obtain this bird's eggs have so far failed, the young were just able to fly in 

 July ; as I said before, it breeds in Ladak. 



(648). Cyanecula loolfi. — The White-spotted Blue-throat. Crump secured 

 an egg for me at Kalchar on the Shyok river, Ladak, on August 11th, and also 

 the young birds ; they were in a hole in a small tree. 



(654). Ianthia rufilata. — The Red-flanked Bush-Robin. Amongst the 

 clutches taken in 1906-1907 one set was almost pure white. 



We have still much to learn regarding the breeding of the Chats and Red- 

 starts, and still more as regards the Fringillkla. Evidently many of the 

 finches breed very late in the season, but whether they all have two broods or 

 not, it is difficult to say : during the present year a certain amount of knowledge 

 has been obtained. 



Fam. Fringillid^. — Finches. 



(743). Pycnorhampus carneipes. — The White-winged Grosbeak. In March 

 last I obtained a specimen not very far from Srinagar at about 7,000 feet, and 

 several from Pyas, Kishtwar, in July and August. 



(745). Pyrrhula aurantiaca. — The Orange Bullfinch. At last the nests and 

 eggs (3) have been obtained by my collectors. These were found on the 

 Kolahoi mountain in Kashmir between 12,000 and 13,000 feet in a bush. The 



