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this side there is always running water, though most of the streama 

 dried up this year before the rains. 



The following birds (breeding species) which occurred commonly 

 on the South side of the ridge did not appear to occur at all, at any 

 rate in the nesting season, on the North. Machlolophns xanthogenys 

 (The Yellow-cheekt^d Tit), Acroceplmlvs dumetorum (Blyth's 

 Reed- Warbler), Sijlvia apnis (The Indian Lesser White-throated 

 Warbler), /Iororn?s paUldus (The Pale Bush Warbler), Lan'ius ery- 

 thronotus ( The Rufous-backed Shrike ), Terps/phone paradisi 

 (The Indian Paradise Flycatcher), Oreicola ferre>i (The Dark-grey 

 Bushchat ), ( 1 pair nested just over the brow of the I. ill ), 

 Pratiacola maura (The Indian Bush- chat. ) and Emheriza strachcyi 

 (Eastern Meadow-Bunting). Similarly the following species on the 

 North side did not appear to occur on the South. LloptUa capistrata 

 (The black-headed Sibla), Ptenithius er yiltinpterus iTlie Ked- winged 

 Shrike Tit), NiUaoa sundara (The Rufous-bellied Niltava). Culicicapa 

 ceylonensis (1\\q Grey-headed Flycatcher), Merula castanea (The 

 Grey-headed Ouzel), Gecinus occifjttalis (The Black-naped Green 

 Woodpecker) o.W'l Indicator xanllwnotus (The Yellow- backed Honey- 

 guidej. In the Galis where the general trend of the main ridges is 

 North and South and where the hills are higher and more precipitous 

 the flora, except on the spurs, resembles that on the North of tiio 

 Murree ridge and the distribution of sj)ecies does not, in consequence, 

 there exhibit the peculiarities it does in Murree. 

 1. CoTcm corux ^The Haven). 



3. Coi-'us corr(.ufi (The Canicn Crow). — When the rains broke in July 

 " The Haven " and " The Camoii Crow " (adult and young) were ocoasionally 

 to be seen about the Murroe ridge. The caw of the latter is very disiiuct 

 from thaj of C. luacrorhfjitu'iu-i^ the common crow of these parts. The Carrion 

 Crow probably breeds in small numbsr.s near Murree. 



3 1 . Farm atnc i»^ (The Indian Grey Tit). — Apart from the usual tit chatter, 

 the Iniiaa Orey Tit has a note like ' ZwiUi" ' Zwink" in the breeding season. 

 34. Paru-i moniiculu (The Greeu-backed Tit). — Pretty notes of The Greea- 

 bacbed Tit heard this year were '" Tweentwee " " Tweentwee, ' a loud 

 " P.. wee" " Pawee " " P.iwee" • Pawee" ani a note like " Peewul" - Pee- 

 wut." This httle Tit is veiy fond of water and bathes regularly morning 

 and evening. It was common boih in Murree and the Galis. 



42. MadiLi'uplius tranh ,ij>i"!j--i (The Yellow -cheeked Tit). -The handsome 

 Yellow cheeked Tit was fairly common at Murree below the bungalows on the 

 south side or the ridge. I found one nest in the hollow and broken stem of 



