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White-capped. It certainly also frequents rooky hill-sides as l<>ng as they are 

 fairly close to water, I oljserved it havrking flies at a gieat heiglit which I 

 have never seen the White-capped do, 



(646) Rhi/icornix ful<gi,i'J8U-i—{TiiR PLUMBEOUS Redstart.) 



R3sideat. Common in winter from 5,(i00 feet down and in summer from 

 4,000 to 6,000 feat possibly higher, but I do nut think this bird moves up and 

 down vei-y much though in India I have met both this and the White-capped in 

 the plains at the edge of the foot-hills. The hen's heho like tail is most 

 fascinating to watch. The cock has a charming little song, a fact 1 was 

 unaware of till I kept them in my aviaries where the cocks were incessantly 

 singing at each other through the very necessary wire separating them. The 

 White-caps often fought but never sang. 



(647) Ci/an'culii xwsc/ca— ( Thk Indian Blue-throat.) 



Not observed by me. Fulton records it as passing through Drosh going 

 south in September and October. 



* (651) Culli.ipe pe.ctoril.ix—(THE Himalayan Ruby-throat.) 

 Two were put up out of a wheat fijld and the cock bagged, when after quail 

 near Chitral Fort on "Jlst April. No mure were seen, but birds of habits like 

 this and the last are easily missed. The cock, as I have since ascertained, has 

 a beautiful song. 

 (657) Adelur caruleicephala— (The Blue-headed Robin.) 

 Not observid till early in Mircn, wnen thty were common from 4,0 feet 

 upwards. They began to move higher up in April, but were present all the 

 summer from 6,000 up. Major Sealy found a nest in a crevice under a fallen 

 tree on 3ist Miy OQ Kaogol about 7,iluUfeet, It contained four eggs of the 

 type recorded by Wardlaw Rimsay. 



(677) Alerula atrigularis — (The Black-thkoated Ouzel.) 

 Very common from 4,5iiu feet upwards from March till May, appearing 

 again in October. 



(67o) Merula unicolor — (Tickell's Ouzel.) 



No skin taken though several wei-e shot and identified. Very common from 

 March to May. Began to go up higher in May. A pair seen in June at 7,500, 

 above Drosh. Scsen again low down m end of September. 

 (691) Petro/iliila c«/<cior^//Hca— (Blue-headed Rock Thrush.) 

 No skin. It is a bird I know well. Several pairs were seen in the summer 

 in different places at about 7,000 feet or under. I saw it again with young in 

 not fully adult plumage lovv down i i October. 1 cannot understand my 

 missing it on its way up. Fulton records it at 7,0ii0 feet in May. MacMahon 

 I believe, records the occurrence of the Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush (P. 

 trythrogaglra), but I cannot help thinking he misnamed this bird (^cinc<.or 

 hynea),ti mistake commonly made. 

 (693) Peirophtla iyanu>i—(TaE Webtern Blue Rock-Thru?h.) 

 First seen at the end of April, when it bi-came very common till the end of 

 May when they seemed to scatter. It remained fairly common from 4,500, up 



