232 Birds Iti mid About the Station. 



the ^I'oots of a tree, and nearly a foot in, with a small entrance, 

 practically impossible to find unless one is lucky enough to 

 spot the bird coming off. 



There is another very handsome Wai'ljler and probal)Iy 

 Hodson's Grey-headed Flycatcher Warbler {Cnjptolopha xanth- 

 oschista) with similar nesting haltits. It is bright yellow 

 underneath and grey above, It is common in Bakloh in sum- 

 mer, not going much above 6,000 at that season, and descend- 

 ing to the plains in winter. It is larger than the last, which 

 is a bit smaller than the English Wren, I should say. 



The third '" Topsy-bird " is about the size of a Ciold- 

 crest, chiefly olive -green, with a yellowish Aving-bar and a 

 bright yellow rump. A few remain to breed in Bakloh ])ut 

 most pass through in early spring to breed higher up. For 

 many years in spite of our searching in the I'ight places 

 neithei" Major 'Sealy (of my regiment, a very keen observer) 

 nor myself could find the nest of any of these warblers and 

 hence came to the conclusion that they " Just grew " like 

 Topsy. Two years ago I found the nest of the first and have 

 since found several more. Major Sealy this year had a run of 

 luck with the second as so often happens when one pitches on 

 one nest. The third still remains a " Topsy-bird " to us. 



Other noticeable warblers are a bird very like a White- 

 throat and a j'oUy little Wren -warbler with a long tail, probably 

 Prima sociaUs, which builds a nest nuich like that of the 

 Tailor -bird. Neither of these two seem to go much above 

 4,500 in summer, wintering lower. 



I nearly forgot the Indian Tailor-bird (Orthofomus 

 sartorius) but propose to say little about it, as it is a much- 

 written -about bird. One stayed about our l)ungalow all last 

 winter (J 910-11), 4500 ft. I have never noted one so high up 

 in winter before, indeed it goes little if any higher in sumnic]'. 

 This bird kept on catching itself in a net I put in the ver- 

 andah to keep down the Sparrows and finally I thought I (would 

 try to keep it for Mr. Kennedy. It meated itself off at once, 

 which was hardly surprising, as I fancy it had been living 

 for some time past on scraps of insect food, snalTIed from the 

 verandah table where the food was made up. It might have 

 been in a cage all it's life judging from the way it settled 

 down, (almost steady enough to exhibit from the start, a charm- 



