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expecting a Tit, I did not pay mucli attention to a pair of 

 C/mnarrhornis on tlie river-bank beside me, till one quietly 

 flew over me, and entering, seated herself on the nest, which 

 contained four incubated eggs. Several other nests found 

 subsequently were all in banks or under stones near the river, 

 and either contained four eggs or young ; they are similar 

 to those of Rhyacornis, but of coui^e much larger. 



50. Rhyacornis fuliginosus (Vig.)- 



Fairly common along the Jhelum in April beloAV Baramula, 

 aud noticed along the Sind River and its larger tributaries. 

 We found several nests containing three or four eggs ; these 

 were mostly among moss on high rocks in the neighbourhood 

 of the river. They breed from early in May till late in June, 

 and the bird seems to rear two broofls in the season. We, 

 however, found the nests hard to discover, much harder than 

 those of the very nearly allied Chimarrhornis. 



51. Cyanecula suecica (Linn.). 



We noticed this bird towards the end of April about 

 Srinugger. It was then evidently merely passing through 

 on migration. 



52. Tarsiger CHRYS.EUS liodgs. 



Mr. Bell saw a single specimen of what must have been 

 this bird on the side of a hill covered with thick scrub on 

 the 28th May above Gund. I examined all the neighbour- 

 hood next day, but saw nothing of the bird. Three eggs, 

 however, were brought to us on that day, taken a couple 

 of miles away on similar ground. The description given 

 by the boy could apply to no other bird, and the eggs 

 were pale blue, absolutely similar to one previously sent me 

 from Native Sikliim by the late Otto Moller. The nest 

 was placed on the ground under a rock, and was composed 

 of moss, dead leaves, and a few stems of dried grass, and 

 was lined with goats'-hair : a regular Robin^s nest. 



53. Ianthia rufilata (Hodgs.). 



We found this bird only in the neighbourhood of Sonamurg, 

 from an elevation of about 9000 feet to the highest parts of 



