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the 16th June, and the other on the 20th near Kagan. They 

 were both apparently migrating up the river. 



70. Passer domesticus (Linn.). 



This bird absolutely swarmed along the Jhelum in the 

 Valley of Kashmir, where it was building in the end of April 

 in holes in the banks of the river. When we went up the 

 Sind River in May, we did not see any above Kagan, but 

 subsequently a flock came and settled in a village above Gund. 

 It was common in June everywhere along the Jhelum as 

 far as Kohala. 



71. Passer cinnamomeus (Gould). 



Noticed from Kagan as far as Gangadgir very commonly, 

 and there were a few pairs at Sonamurg. Its nests were, so 

 far as we could judge, always in small holes in trees at any 

 height up to twenty feet. We took a good many clutches 

 of eggs at the end of May. 



72. Fringillauda sordida Stol. 



On the 5th June an immense flock, consisting of some 

 hundreds of this species, passed through Sonamurg in the 

 early morning of a very wet and misty day. Wanting speci- 

 mens, I fired at the thinnest portion of the flock, and killed 

 some twenty birds. 



73. Emberiza fucata Pall. 



So far as we could judge, this is a scarce species in Kashmir. 

 We saw a few males along the Sind River between Kagan 

 and Kulan. The males have a pretty little song, which they 

 constantly indulged in, seated on the top of a bush. We 

 never saw a female, and, though the birds were certainly 

 breeding, we never saw the sign of a nest. We saw this 

 species only between 6000 and 6500 feet, and only along the 

 river. 



74. ExMBERIZA STEWARTI Blyth. 



A very common bird on all the stony hills round Srinugger, 

 and a few miles up the Sind River from Gandarbal. It was 

 also common along the Jhelum between Baramula and 

 Kohala. We found many nests being built about Srinugger 



