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quently met with, even before the discovery of the above-described 

 nest. 



583. Sylvia curruca. This bird, so common in the plains 

 in the cold weather, I saw several times at Almorah, where, I 

 think, it breeds. 



584. Henicurus maculatus. Common on all mountain- 

 streams. Near Bheem Tal, on the 27th of May, Mr. Home 

 found the nest placed in the side of a rocky watercourse. It 

 was large and composed of moss and fibres. The eggs are 

 three or four in number, 1 inch by "625 in., white, with a faint 

 shade of green, speckled rather sparingly with rusty brown. 



I saw some Yellow Wagtails [Budytes) at Nynee Tal, but did 

 not determine the species. This was in April ; and on my return 

 to that place in June they were no longer to be found. 



596. PiPASTES AGiLis. Frequently seen in April and May ; 

 but I think it went further north to breed. 



604). Agrodroma sordida. Breeds at Almorah and other 

 places near, on lonely unfrequented hill-sides. I saw the old 

 birds feeding their fully-grown young. The male has a mono- 

 tonous song, much inferior to that of the English Titlark. 



606. Heterura sylvana. Very common on all the open 

 hill-sides. In its habits it is quite a Rock-Pipit ; its song is a 

 loud one, of two notes only, delivered sometimes as it flies, and 

 sometimes from its seat on the top of a rock. Though I saw 

 the old birds feeding their young, I never found the nest. 



607. CocHOA PURPUREA. Frequently met with at Binsur 

 and Nynee Tal. I shot two or three. 



609. Pteruthius ERYTHROPTERUs. One shot at Nynee Tal. 



631. ZosTEROPS PALPEBROsus. Very common both at Nynee 

 Tal and Almorah. The nest is generally suspended among the 

 leaves of a bush, or in the lower outside branches of a tree. It 

 is a neat slight little cup, an inch and three quarters in diameter, 

 composed of fine roots, fibres, and cobwebs intermixed with 

 souie down of plants, and lined with horsehair. The eggs^ three 

 in number, are laid in the early part of May, and are '583 in. by 



