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116. Gymnorhis flavicollis. — -Yellow-throated Sparrow. — Common. 

 Several nests -with eggs iu June and Jul}'. 



779. Passer montaniis. — Tree Sparrow. — Common ; numerous 

 nests and eggs in May and June. 



780. Passer cinnamomeiis. — Cinnamon Tree Sparrow. — Common. 

 Three nests with 4 eggs in June. 



790. Emheriza fxicata. — Grey-headed Bunting. — My brother found 

 one nest with 3 eggs on 30th May. 



794. Emheriza stracheyi. — Eastern Meadow Bunting. — Very com- 

 mon in the Sind Valley, where we found number of nests in June, 

 generally with 4 eggs. 



813, Hirundo rustica. — Swallow. — Common, but we did not take 

 any eggs. 



830. Motacilla liodgsoni, — Hodgson's Pied Wagtail. — This was the 

 commonest wagtail in the valley, and we found numbers of nests in 

 May and June. 



832. M. melanope. — Grey Wagtail. — Fairly common. Found three 

 nests in the Sind Valley in May and June. 



838. M. ciireoloides. — Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail. — As little 

 is known of the nesting habits of this bird, it may be as well to 

 describe the only absolutely authentic nest I found. It was situated 

 on the same marsh as the nest of A. agricola described above, and con- 

 tained but one egg. The nest was built of grass and vegetable fibre, 

 well constructed and lined with fine hair, and was placed under 

 a clump of some foxglove-like plant which formed little clumps 

 all over the marsh. Numbers of empty nests were found of 

 similar construction, but we were too late for the eggs. The birds 

 were fairly numerous, and I regret we did not shoot some specimens. 

 However, we had ample opportunities of examining them closely ; 

 the black upper plumage effectually distinguished them from 

 M. citreola^ the only birds for which they could be mistaken, and 

 which, moreover are only winter visitors. My egg, which exactly 

 tallies with Blanford's description as regards colour, measures 

 •8" X *62", and my brother, who found a nest of this species at 

 Sonamerg, gives the measurement of the two eggs he got as the 

 same. From some native collectors we obtained several other 

 eggs exactly similar to those described, and they pointed 



