58 Mr. W. E. Brooks on Birds obser-ved 



•416 in., of a very light pure blue, almost the colour of skim- 

 milk, like those of the English Wheat-ear or Starling. 



634. iEoiTHALiscus ERYTHROCEPHALUS. Commou in well- 

 wooded districts. This bird must breed early, for in June they 

 were in small flocks. 



638. LoPHOPHANEs MELANOLOPHUs. As common as the pre- 

 ceding, and frequently in company with it. It also breeds early. 



644. Parus monticolus. Several seen at Puera, between 

 Nynee Tal and Almorah. I procured a male and a female. 



645. Parus cinereus. Common at Almorah. In April and 

 May I found the nest two or three times in holes in terrace- 

 walls ; it was composed of grass, roots, and feathers, and con- 

 tained in each instance nearly full-grown young ones, five in 

 number. 



647. Machlolophus xanthogenys. I shot three or four 

 of this species at Puera, and afterwards found it numerous in the 

 Nynee Tal woods. 



660. CoRVUS cuLMiNATUs. A Crow which I took to be of 

 this species is common everywhere, but I never shot one. 



663. CoRvus splendens. Common. 



669. Garrulus bispecularis. Frequently met with in well- 

 wooded districts. It breeds early, as in June many of them were 

 moulting. 



670. Garrulus lanceolatus. More common than the pre- 

 ceding. The young, just out of the nest, were met with in June. 



684. Acridotheres tristis. Not uncommon at Nynee Tal 

 and at Almorah, where it breeds. 



686. Acridotheres fuscus. Common between Almorah and 

 Nynee Tal, especially about Ramgurgh. In some rocky cliffs 

 near the latter place it breeds plentifully in holes and cliffs of 

 the rocks. All the nests had young in June, when I passed the 

 place. I believe the bird also breeds in holes in trees, for I saw 

 the old birds waiting with food in their bills in a well-wooded 

 {)lace far away iVoui cliffs. 



