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28. Phylloscopus tristis Blyth. 



This bird we met with only on migration. This was on the 

 29th April, while passing through a lake near Gandarbal. 

 There were small flocks of Warblers among the bushes in the 

 lake, and the only bird we shot proved to be of this species. 



29. Phylloscopus proregulus (Pall.). 



We shot our first specimen at Gangadgir on the 8th 

 March, and noticed it later at Gund, high up on the hills, 

 and also at Sonamurg. Nests, which we believe to have 

 been of this bird, were found, one on a fir-tree, about thirty 

 feet from the ground, and near the extremity of the branch, 

 and two others on young firs seven or eight feet from the 

 ground. We had to leave the former nest before the eggs 

 were laid, and both the others were torn down by someone 

 or something. 



30. Phylloscopus humii (Brooks). 



This bird was not noticed by us except at Sonamurg, 

 where it was excessively common in the forests, from the 

 foot to the top of the hills. Its habits have been fully com- 

 mented on by Mr. Brooks, and we found no difficulty in 

 taking over a dozen of its nests ; these Avere all on the 

 ground on some bank devoid of thick undergrowth. The 

 eggs vary considerably both in size and markings, but are 

 always pinky-white, mqre or less mottled with dark pink. 



31. ACANTHOPNEUSTE MAGNIROSTRIS (Blyth). 



We first came across this bird on the 1st of June in the 

 gorge of the Sind River, between Gangadgir and Sonamurg, 

 where we were struck by hearing a pretty, clear song of four 

 notes, new to us ; and on shooting the songster, to our sur- 

 prise, instead of, as we had anticipated, proving a Robin, it 

 turned out to be this bird. At Sonamurg we saw and heard 

 it once or twice, in all cases close to nullahs or in the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of water. On the 17th June, when 

 returning through the gorge, we found the bird very common 

 among the rocky and tangled jungle on the side of the 

 river, and we heard some pairs singing at Gund on the steep 

 banks of the river, and also in the jungle immediately 



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