108 Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 



usually near the top, but is sometimes nearer the centre. 

 We came across seven nests altogether, the first six containing 

 young, and the seventh a nearly fresh clutch of five eggs. 

 These are pure white, three having a very faint zone of spots 

 round the large end, the remainder being unmarked, and 

 averaging "58" x '39". The clutch appears to vary from five 

 to eight. The young closely resemble their parents, but the 

 colours are duller, and the black of the chin and throat is 

 replaced by a few indistinct dusky streaks. 



Capt. Keen also observed a pair of these Tits with a 

 newly fledged family on the Samana. 



In habits this species closely resembles the Long-tailed Tit, 

 going about in parties of eight or nine in scrub-jungle, con- 

 tinually utteiiug its call -note, which may be rendered by the 

 syllables " prit-t-t," while it is often in company with Parus 

 atriceps. 



[44.] LoPHOPHANES MELANOLOPHUs. The Crestcd Black 

 Tit. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 46 (abundant in Chitral from 

 5000 to 12,000 ft.) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 422 (common in the 

 Murree Hills); Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110 (common in 

 Kashmir). 



Very common on the Safed Koh from 6500 ft. to tree- 

 limit. An early breeder. Major Magrath found a nest 

 containing young on the 25th of April. It has a great 

 variety of notes. 



[91.] Trochalopterum SIMILE. The Western Variegated 

 Laughing-Thrush. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 47 (resident and very common 

 up to 6000 ft. in Lower Chitral) ; liattray, t. c. p. 422 (very 

 common round Murree, up to 10,000 ft.) ; Ward, op. cit. 

 xvii. p. 422. 



417. Ad. Samana, 5600 ft., 19th December. 



A resident, but rare. Altogether I met with about a dozen 

 individuals in one wooded nullah on the northern slope 

 of the Samana, but nowhere else. It is a great skulker; 

 its loud wdiistling notes, however, proclaim its presence. 



