NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF CHITRAL. 47 



(47) Lophophanrs rufinitchalis. — The Simla Black Tit. 

 Very common from 5,000 feei upwards to 12,000 font in the cedar 

 forests. 



(N. S.) Cyanistes tianschanicus. 

 This is an entirely new species recorded within Indian limits, which, 

 I think, may well be called the Chinese Blue-tit. 



I obtained only five specimens, but there were any number of birds 

 about. 



The only locality in which they were observed was on the river bed 

 at Shost, 10,000 feet, in July, where there were numbers in the dense 

 scrub of stunted willow, juniper and birch. 



They are very like the European Parus coeruleus, but without the 

 blue head and nape, and the yellow of the under parts is less bright in 

 the full-grown birds and brighter in the young. 



Dr. Sharpe has promised to send me a description of this species 

 which will be published in a later number. 



Family Crateropodidce. 

 (91) Teochalopterum simile. — The Western Variegated 



Laughing-Thrush. 

 Very common in the lower wooded valleys up to 6,000 feet through- 

 out the year. 



This is one of the birds the Chitralis " hawk, " and they require quick 

 hawks to catch them before they get into cover. 



(99) Trochalopterum lineatum. — The Himalayan-Streaked 



Laughing-Thrush. 

 Even more common than Simile and usually found in the same 

 localities but at higher elevations. 



(187) Myiophoneus temmincki. — The Himalayan Whistling- Thrush. 

 Common in pairs throughout Lower Chitral. In winter at 5,000 feet 

 and in summer up to 11,000 feet. 



(269) Hypsipetes psaroides. — The Himalayan Black Bulbul. 

 A summer visitor, arriving in the beginning of April. Common in 

 the lower valleys. 



(284) Molpastes leucogenys. — The White- cheeked Bulbul. 

 A visitor during the summer, arriving in March and leaving in October. 

 Very common at elevations up to 7,000 feet, in the wooded valleys. 

 (In October this was the commonest bird in the Dir Valley.) 



