near Nynee Tal and Almorah. 47 



Only one bird of this species which I shot had the circular 

 light markings on the under surface of the outer tail-feathers. 

 If H. senegalensis has not the lower half of the under tail-coverts 

 dark-col ouredj as stated by Dr. Bree (B. Eur. ii. p. 176), it may 

 be a distinct species. What the peculiarities of H. melanocrissa 

 are, I have no means of finding out ; but certainly I should say 

 that H. daurica, H. rufula, and H. erythropygia are just one and 

 the same bird, a little altered in size and colour by the eflfects of 

 climate. I notice that the extent of the chestnut collar varies in 

 individuals. 



I noticed a white-rumped Martin at Nynee Tal, which I did 

 not procure, also two brown Swifts, the larger of which was, 

 perhaps, Acanthylis caudacuta. 



100. Cypselus affinis. Very common, both at Nynee Tal 

 and Almorah. The eggs I took at Almorah, about the middle 

 of May, are larger and finer than those taken in the plains. 



147. PALiEORNis ALEXANDRi. Tolerably common. 



1 50. Pal^ornis schisticeps. Very numerous at Nynee Tal. 



154, Picus himalayanus. One shot at Nynee Tal, and 

 another at Binsur. 



159. Picus brunneifrons. One shot at Binsur. 



161. Hypopicus hyperythrus. One shot at Nynee Tal. 



199. CucuLUS CANORUS. Commou all over the district 

 around Almorah, where the country is open. I have one egg, 

 taken from a nest of Pratincola indica at Almorah, another 

 from a nest of Copsychus saularis. 



212. Coccystes melanoleucus. Seen a few times at Al- 

 morah. 



214. EuDYNAMis ORiENTALis. Commou at Almorah. 



234. Arachnechthra ASiATiCA. Seen occasionally in the 

 valleys near Almorah. On the banks of a small river there, 

 I found a nest of this bird being built in May. The bird lays 

 in March in the plains. 



238. Dictum minimum. Two or three shot at Nynee Tal 

 and Binsur. 



