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about cliffs or on steep stony slopes, but never much below 

 6000 feet. 



Nests freely on the Safed Koh above 12,000 feet. I came 

 across the first nest on the 1st of July, 1906; it was placed 

 under a rock on a steep slope, and contained three fresh eggs 

 closely resembling those of our Hedge-Sparrow, but larger, 

 averaging '^S" x 'o7". The fabric was beautifully made of 

 grass and roots, lined with moss and a little fur. On the 

 28th of July I came on two more nests built in crevices in 

 cliffs, each containing two young ones, the most noticeable 

 ftature about them being their bright red gapes. This is 

 not the first record of the nest. Mr. Stuart Baker writes 

 that he has an authenticated clutch of eggs in his collection 

 from Ladakh, taken previously to mine, though he adds 

 that his is that of A. nejmlensis, as he does not recognise 

 A. rvfilatus as a good species. 



[713.] Accentor himalayanus. The Altai Accentor. 



Ward, J. B. N. H. S. xvii. p. 482 (large flocks pass through 

 Kashmir in spring). 



132. ? ad. Samana, 6500 ft., 7th March. 



361. Sex ? „ „ 5th ApriL 



A visitor to the Samana from December till the middle of 

 April. Usually to be seen in large flocks, busily feeding 

 amongst stones, near the Fort. Major Magrath procured 

 the first examples of both this and the last species. 



[716.] Tharrhaleus atrigularis. The Black-throated 

 Accentor. 



Marshall, J. B. N. H. S. xiv. p. 604 (shot one in January) ; 

 Fulton, op. cit. xvi. p. 744 (shot two in March) ; Ward, 

 op. cit. xvii. p. 482 (common in spring). 



66. ? ad. Kohat, 1760 ft., 5th January. 



A common winter visitor to the District, arriving in 

 October and leaving towards the middle of March. It 

 closely resembles the Hedge-Sparrow in habits, but is 

 somewhat gregarious. 



[719.] Tharrhaleus jerdoni. Jerdon's Accentor. 

 Watson, J. B. N. H. S. xv. p. 145 (small flocks occur in 



