232 Capt. L. H. Irby on Birds 



76. MoTACiLLA BOARULA. (Grey Wagtail.) 

 Seen in the cold season. 



77. BUDYTES VIUIDIS. 



Very common in marshes during the cold season. 



78. Malacocercus bengalensts. 

 Common throughout the year. 



79. Chrysomma hypoleucum. 



One specimen was brought to me alive in August 1858. 



80. Lanius lahtora. 

 Occasionally noticed. 



81. Lanius hardwickii. 

 Very common. 



82. Enicurus maculatus. 

 Seen in Kumaon in April 1859. 



I also shot a species of Dipper^ probably Cincivs asiaticus ; 

 but the skin was accidentally destroyed before I could identify it. 



83. Myiophonus temminckii. 



Common in Kumaon in May 1859, and rather solitary in 

 its habits. 



84. TuRDUs viscivoRus. (Missel Thrush.) 



Common in Kumaon, though sometimes considered to be a 

 distinct species (7^. hodgsonii). 



85. Merula boulboul. 



Common in Kumaon in May. I observed a flock of eight or 

 ten in the Terai jungle near Khyreegur, Oudh, in December 

 1859. 



86. Cyanecula SUECICA. (Indian Blue-throated Warbler.) 

 Common in the hot season. I never saw the white-spotted 



species in India. 



87. BUTICILLA LEUCOCEPHALA. 



Extremely common in Kumaon. I never observed this bird 

 except close to streams, and generally sitting on some stone in 

 the midst of a torrent : 1 never saw it perch on a bush or tree. 



