410 Major C. H. T. Marshall on the Birds of Chamba. 



149. Pal^.ornis purpurascens. 

 Common on the outer slopes. 



150. Pal^eornts schisticeps. 



Breeds in the forests in the first range. Horse-chestnut 

 and bird-cherries are the trees in which they generally make 

 the holes for their nests. 



154. Picus HiMALAYENSis. " Turkau.^' 



157. PiCUS MACEI. 



159. Picus brunneifrons. 



160. Picus mahrattensis. 

 Only in the Chamba valley. 



170. Gecinus squamatus. ^^Tuktola." 



172. Gecinus occipitalis. 



174. Chrysophlegma chlorolophus. 



I shot two in February 1882 at an elevation of 5000 feet. 



180. Brachypternus aurantius. 



Seen occasionally in the Ravi valley in the winter. 



188. Iynx torquilla. 



191. Megal/ema MARSHALLORUM. " Traiho.""^ 

 This Barbet comes down to Chamba in the winter, goiiig 

 about in flocks of six or eight. In the summer it is common 

 in all the forests, the woods resounding with its loud miaow 

 miaow, four or five all answering each other from the tops 

 of diff'erent trees, each one seeming as if he was trying to 

 call louder than the other. 



195. Megal^ma asiatica. "^ Hutiiruru.^^ 

 Common in the winter on the fig-trees about the Chamba 

 town. Breeds in the forests at low elevations, 



199. CUCULUS CANORUS. 



200. CuCULUS HIMALAYENSIS. 



For a long time T was puzzled about the call of this Cuckoo, 

 the deep booming notes sounding something between the 

 notes of the Hoopoe and the Green Pigeon. One day, how- 



