Descriptive List of Birds 



except for a patch on the nape, the sides of 

 the head and a band down the side of the neck, 

 which are white. Rest of the plumage is 

 iron-grey, suffused with chestnut on the sides 

 of the body and under the taiL A row of 

 white spots and a httle chestnut on the wings. 

 Common at Gulmarg and fairly so at Murree, 

 Dharmsala, Simla, and Naini Tal. 



1 6. Lophopha.7ies dichrous : The Brown 

 Crested Tit. F. 49, J. 637, -I. W. K. 



A small bird. Brownish-grey above, yellow- 

 ish below. Cream-coloured band on each side 

 of neck. It might well pass for a young crested 

 black tit. 



Usually keeps to rather higher elevations 

 than the hill stations. I have, however, seen 

 it on several occasions at Naini Tal. 



Babblers 



Babblers are noisy birds which usually go 

 about in small flocks seeking for their insect 

 quarry among the foliage and fallen leaves. 

 The " Seven Sisters " of the plains belong to 

 this family. 



17. Garrulax leucocefhalus : The Himalayan 

 White-crested Laughing Thrush. F. 69, J. 407, 

 + III. E. W. 



