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ever, I caught him on a bare branch, with his throat puffed 

 and tail erect, booming away, and so recognized my friend. 



203. CucuLus MicROPTERUS. '^ Kupulpukld." 

 The " Kupulpukki " is very common about Dalhousie in 

 the summer. The natives believe it to be the ghost of a 

 shepherd who has lost his sheep ; and the translation of the 

 call, as they make it out, is — " I left my sheep in a cool ravine, 

 and I never can find them again." 



207. hierococcyx sparverioides. 



217. Centropus rufipennis. 



I have seen one or two occasionally in the Ravi valley in 

 the summer. 



220. Taccocua sirkee. 



For two years I have found a pair of Sirkees in June 

 close to the town of Chamba in scrub-jungle, evidently 

 breeding. 



225. ^THOPYGA MILES. 



Arrives in Chamba in April, and breeds in suitable loca- 

 lities down the valley of the Ravi. Two pairs always spend 

 the summer in my garden. 



234. Arachnechthra asiatica. 



A few stragglers occasionally come up from the plains. I 

 was surprised to find a pair in a valley in the interior in May, 

 evidently breeding. 



241. Myzanthe ignipectus. 



I shot one in February near the town after a snow-storm. 

 I have not seen any record of this species being found so far 

 north-westward before. 



243. CeRTHIA HIMALAYAN a. 



247. TicHODROMA muraria. " Suppurotsu.'^ 

 Common all the year round on rocks near streams. 



248. SiTTA HIMALAYENSIS. 

 250. SiTTA LEUCOPSIS. 



The only time I ever saw this Nuthatch was on the 2nd 



