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4. Urocissa FLAViROSTRis (Blyth). 



This Magpie we found only twice in Kashmir : once 

 on May 3rd near Kagan, the second stage in the Sind Valley, 

 where we saw three together ; and again I saw and shot a 

 single specimen at Kulan, eighteen miles further up the river, 

 on the 9th. 



5. NUCIFRAGA MULTIPUNCTATA Gould. 



We found this species in pairs in the neighbourhood of 

 Gund during the month of May. The birds were very tame 

 and noisy, mobbing Owls, and walking on the ground quite 

 close to us. We saw no signs of their breeding ; a specimen 

 shot on the 4th May was also not breeding. On the 31st May 

 we saw five or six together at the foot of the gorge on the Sind 

 River. We did not notice any at Sonamurg, nor at Gund 

 on our return in June. They possibly had gone somewiiere 

 further north to breed ; but as the l)ird is considered a very 

 early breeder we had fully expected to find their nests, and 

 frequently watched them for long periods. 



6. Graculus eremita (Linn.). 



There were large flocks of this and the succeeding species 

 at Sonamurg on May 7th, feeding on the plateau and the 

 sides of the bare hills ; but, with the exception of a single 

 pair, all had left by the 1st of June, when we returned to 

 Sonamurg. This pair we saw daily ; they seemed to come 

 from some cliffs above the wooded hill below the village ; 

 the place, however, was quite inaccessible. 



7. Pyrrhocorax alpinus (Linn.). 



This bird was certainly the commoner of the two species 

 of Choughs on May 7th, but was much more shy. We 

 never came upon it again. Both species were found in the 

 same flock. 



8. Parus ATRiCEPs Horsf. 



This Tit was common at Srinugger, and also along the 

 Sind Valley from Kagan to Gangadgir (7000 feet), but we 

 did not see it at Sonamurg, or at an altitude of above 

 7000 feet. We obtained numerous nests between the 19th 



