NOTt:S ON Till': n/RDS OF CHIT HAL. 903 



They are all 8o busy and tame and there is such a pleupant twittering going on 

 all the time. 



(3 ) /'aruH art/ipps (Thk Indian Gkky Tit,) 



I found this biid airly common all the year round ne:ir Dro^h, 4 ;'00 ft. and 

 two pairs nested in holes in walls in the G .mmissariat lines in Lower Drosh. 



(37) AUgilliiiliHiuH l-uco(/eni/i>— (The Whitk ciikkkkd Tit.) 



I never obtained this bird, though I may have seen it. Fulton records it as 

 common ir Ihe Itwer valley. 



(_4!) i o/iho/il'une.s n.eauolophvH— (Tup. Crestrd Bi.aCK Tit). 



Very common fiom f),()i feet up in the cedars. 



(47) Lo/io/>liiiui!< m/ivuclialis — (Thk Simla Bi ack Tit.) 



Same as the last. They aie generally found together 



(N. S) C'/ tw-<teii liiin<ch(iuicu>i—(CH\SKHK LJr.UR Tit.) 



This is an entirely new species dlscoveied by Capt. FuHon. I did not meet 

 it. He only found it at Shost K'.OOO ft ) where theie were numbeis in the 

 dense scub in the river bed in July. He dtscribes it as being like the European 

 Blue Tit but less bright. 



Family— CRATEROPODID^. 



As might be expected, this family is poorly represented, but the list would 

 probably be increased a liotle by beating in the undergrowth in the lower part 

 of the valley. 

 ("1) I ruclmlopterum simi'e— (Thk Western Variegated Laughing- Thrush.) 



I only got one at Nagar in November. There were piobaliiy lots about 

 which would have been found with beating. Fulton leoords them as common. 



(99) 7 rochalopteruiu I itiealum— {The Himalayan Streaked Lacghing- 

 Thkuph.) 



Very common up to about 6,000 feet. Like others of their family they go 

 about ill little parties, but they differ in their method of getiing from tree to 

 tree or moi'e often fiom bush lo bush. Babblers and other Langhin^-Thrushes 

 work up a tree to the top and then " driltble " across to the next by sailing on 

 open wings to the foot of it. 7'. li»eaiuiii work up to the top, do a per(»endi- 

 cular dead diop to the ground, and then lapioly '' diibble " across to the next 

 by doing a hurried " scuttle ", half hop. half fly along the ground. They often 

 scuttle back in apparent alarm, even when moi-e than half way across the open, 

 practice in jinking I suppose. f*ioficiency in jinking niusv mean a great deal 

 to thrm as they usually inhabit a fairly open country abounding in hawks. 

 But the forest dwelling birds do just the same. Cliitialis only haw\ them 

 when there is ab.solutely nothing else to be raised ; it is nearly imposMbIc to 

 flush them once they have spotted the game. I know no biid harder to hold 

 alive in the hand ; a novice has less chance of success than he has of success- 

 fully girthing up a hill pony. A small party makes a very interesting addition 

 to an aviary, but the aviculturist with a weak heart is warned ofif, the oft-repeat- 

 ed impression that some biid has fallen otf his peich in a fit is trying. Also 

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