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Chandighar. In large trees it is fond of creeping about the 

 wood of the larger boughs, especially on the main stems of 

 horizontal ones, and is then very reminiscent of an accentor in 

 its demeanour. When hunting about amongst foliage it is very 

 lively and active. The call-note may be represented by the 

 word " trick," and is more of the harsh chipping type of an 

 Acrocephalus or Hypolais than Phylloscopine in character." 



On my return to Ambala I found that it had also arrived 

 there on migration and was not uncommon on the 30th and 31st 

 March and during the first fortnight of April. One was seen 

 on the 19th of the month. 



416. Brooks' Willow- Warbler — Phylloxcopus suhviridU (Brooks._) 



A female was shot at Chamkaur on 13th December in a tree 

 on the canal bank. 



418. Hume's Willow- Warbler — Phylloscopus Jiumei (Brooks.) 



This Willow-Warbler was by far the most common of the 

 genus throughout the district and was observed during the 

 winter from my arrival on 23rd October until the end of March, 

 if not later. It frequents the upper branches of trees and the 

 call — which may be represented by " teh-weet " or " te-we-ut " 

 pronounced in one note — may be heard incessantly during the 

 winter. About March the species seemed to become silent, and 

 a nervous flitting of the wings probably heralded the approach 

 of the breeding season. 



Note — There are certainly some other species of willow-wren 

 which visit the district as winter visitors or passage migrants and 

 also one or two species are certain to breed on Kasauli hill, but 

 1 have not been there in the summer months. 



484. Hodgson's Grey-headod Flycatcher Warbler — Cryptolopha xan- 



thoschista (Hodgs.) 



Met with not uncommonly at Chandighar, Jagadri and 

 Bilaspur in November, at Morinda and Eiipar in December, 

 and at Mubariqpur in February. Observed at Kasauli in March. 



458. The Brown Hill- Warbler — Suya crinir/era, Hodgs. 



During my visit to Kasauli early in March I observed a pair 

 of these birds frequenting a more or less open hill side near the 

 Dak bungalow. Here they had a nest ready for eggs in a 

 Barberry thorn bush close to a path. The nest was large, 

 about the size of a striped squirrel's " drey," and very firmly 

 woven of various kinds of grass, green inside. The entrance 

 was diflicult to find, but the nest was quite unconcealed and 

 depended for protection on its likeness to an old bundle of 

 rubbish thrown into a bush. 



464. The Ashy Wren-Warbler — Prinia socialis (Sykes.) 



Common and probably resident; observed at Ambala, 

 Morinda, Bilaspur, and Chandighar. 

 466" The Indian Wren-Warbler. — Prinia inornata, Sykes. 



Common and probably resident; I did not however observe it 

 elsewhere than Ambala except at Chandighar where it was 

 found in the grass jungle of the Ghaggar river. 

 " Ambala, October 24th" (Beavan.). 

 169* The Indian Grey Shrike — Lanius lahtora, Sykes. 



Met with in small numbers in the plains, except in the actual 

 neighbourhood of Ambala, but not nearly so numerous as in the 



