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others at Srinugger in the end of June. They were at 

 various heights in large trees or on low bushes, and contained 

 from three to five eggs. 



57. Petrophila cinclorhyncha (Vig.). 



A fairly common bird both at Gund and at Sonamurg, 

 where we found it at an elevation of quite 10,000 feet. It 

 is a most beautiful songster, the males singing from sunrise. 

 The females are shy. Our first nest was taken at Gund on 

 the 21st May, and contained four fresh eggs ; it was placed 

 on the ground under a rock. We obtained a nest at Sonamurg 

 in a similar situation, also with four fiesh eggs, on the 

 8th June, and others as late as the 18th of that month. One 

 taken on the 25th May, with five eggs, was in the top of a 

 pollarded tree, about nine feet from the ground. 



58. Petrophila cyanus (Linn.). 



Noticed sparingly on the Tukht-i-Suliman at Srinugger, 

 both in April and June. It was evidently breeding there, 

 but was shy, and we were not able to discover any nests. 



59. TuRDUs viscivoRus Linn. 



Noticed occasionally at Sonamurg. It is an early breeder, 

 as the young were strong fliers in June. 



60. CiNCLUS KASHMIRIENSIS Gould. 



We saw a single specimen of the White-breasted Dipper 

 near Gangadgir on the 4th May. We never, however, saw 

 any others later on. 



61. CiNCLUS AsiATicus Swaius. 



This Dipper was common everywhere in the Sind Valley 

 above Kagan. We noticed on the 8th May a pair building 

 on an island in the river below Sonamurg ; the female col- 

 lected great lumps of moss, and dived with them to some 

 place under the other bank. When we returned three weeks 

 later, the whole of that side of the island was under water 

 and the Dippers had disappeared ; but we saw full-grown 

 young flying at Gund on the 19th May, and a pair, which was 

 doubtless the same, building again under a small waterfall on 

 the 26th. 



