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34. Parus monticola.— The Green-backed Tit. 



Very common on all the hills, and breeds everywhere. It is a very 

 familiar bird and nests near houses, often in holes in walls of houses. 



35. jEgithahscus erythrocephalus.— The Red-headed Tit. 

 Common at Murree, but less so in the higher hills of Changla and 



Dungagalis. Nests generally in low bushes, but at Murree I once found 

 a nest some 40 feet up in a fir tree, built in a clump of fircones. I onlv 

 obtained one nest at Changlagali. 



42. Maohlolophus xanthogenys. — The Yellow-cheeked Tit. 



Rare. I took two nests at Murree and did not see the bird this year 

 round the Galis. This bird is more of a forest bird than the other tits, 

 and always builds in holes in trees. I have never seen them round 

 houses. 



44. Lophophanbs mrlanolophus. — The Crested Black Tit. 



Rare in Murree, but common in all the higher hills, -one of the 

 commonest birds on Miranjani. Nests in my experience in holes in 

 trees, but at Dungagali I found one nest in a hole in the wall of the 

 house occupied by the Chaplain. It was within 2 feet of a door through 

 which servants were passing in and out all day. 



91. Trochalopterum simile. — The Western Variegated Laughing- 

 Thrush. 



Very common both round Murree and the Galis up to 10,000 feet. 

 Nests generally about 15 to 20 feet up in a fir tree, often quite at 

 the end of the bough. Eggs generally 3, but I have found 5. I 

 once at Murree found a cuculine egg in a nest of this bird, I think 

 the egg of Hierococcy.c sparverioides<i\\e, Large Hawk- Cuckoo. I also 

 on one. occasion found an egg of this bird in a nest of Rhyacornis full- 

 ginosus, the Plumbeous Redstart. 



99. Trochalopterum lineatdm. — The Himalayan Streaked 

 Laughing-Thrush. 



I think the commonest bird round Murree and the Galis. This bird 

 is constantly selected by cuckoos to act as foster parent, generally I 

 think by Cuculus micropterus. — The Indian Cuckoo. My illustration 

 is of a nest in a low thick bush that looks like a species of Rue, about 3 

 feet from the ground. 



187. Myiophoneustemmincki. — The Himalayan Whistling-Thrush. 



Common. Breeds both at Murree and the Galis. Nothing particular 

 to notice about the bird. 



