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428. A. occipitalis. — Large Crowned Willow Warbler. — Fairly 

 common at Sonamerg, where v/e took 4 nests on ] 4th, 15th and 17th 

 June. 



476. Lanius erythronotus. — Rufous Backed Shrike, — Very common 

 all over the Valleys of Kashmir. Eggs in May and June. 



518. Oi'iolus kundoo. — Indian Oriole. — Very common all over the 

 Valleys. Eggs in May and June. 



529. Stiirnus humii. — The Himalayan Starling. — Common everywhere 

 in the Valley. Eggs in May. 



589. Alseonax ruficaudus. — The Rufous Tailed Flycatcher. — The 

 nest of the bird does not appear to have been found before. We found 

 one nest on the i8th June on a pine branch at Sonamorg, situated 

 about 10 feet from the ground, it was very well concealed, and had the 

 bird not flown off, it would certainly have escaped observation. It 

 was a small cup-shaped nest of moss and lined with hair and feathers. 

 It contained 2 slightly incubated eggs. The ground-colour was 

 buff with a rufous clouding and a few brown spots on the laroer end. 

 They measured "72" X "52". We shot the bird aiid, though we made 

 careful search, saw no others during our stay. 



598. Terpsiphone paradisi. — Indian Paradise Flycatcher. — Not very- 

 common. Only found one nest on 9th July with 3 fresh egos. 



610. Pratincolamaura. — Indian Bush Chat. — Birds common, but 

 only found one nest with 4 eggs at end of May. 



638. Chimarrhornis leucoceplialus. — White-capped Redstart. Verv 



common about Sind River, at Sonamerg, but could find no nests. 



646. Rhyacornis fuliginosus, — Plumbeous Redstart. — Common at 

 Sonamerg, where we found several nests in June with fresh eo-o-s, 



654. lanthia rulata. — Red-flanked Bush Robin. — Not very com- 

 mon, but we got two nests, each with 4 eggs, on the I2th June. 



678. Merula Mnecc/or. — Tickell's ouzel, or in the descriptive words 

 of Jerdon, the dusky ground-thrush, was very common, and we took 

 numbers of eggs in May and June. 



691. Petrophila cimlorhyncha. — Blue-head Rock Thrush. Com- 

 mon. Eggs numerous in June. 



719. Tharrhaleus jerdoni. — Jerdon's Accentor, — Not very common 

 but found two nests at Sonamerg, each containing 3 eo-os on i2th 

 and 15th June, respectively. The eggs averaged '76'' X '5Q", 



