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80. MoTAciLLA HODGsoNi G. R. Gray. 



This Wagtail was common at Srinugger in April ; during 

 May and June it was very abundant in the Sind Valley, 

 breeding under large stones on islands in the Sind River. 

 Its nests were large masses of brown sheep's-wool, lined with 

 hair, and the number of eggs was either four or five. Great 

 numbers of the nests of this and the next bird were destroyed 

 by floods, as the river rises many feet after each hot day, owing 

 to the melting of the snow — a fact the bird does not seenn 

 to have discovered ; and for every nest we found with eggs, 

 at least the wreck of another was discovered. South of 

 Baramula along the Jhelura we could not be sure we saw 

 this bird, though a pair of young seen near Domel looked 

 like it. 



81. MOTACILLA MELANOPE Pall. 



This bird we first noticed near Kagan on tlie Sind River, 

 and it was common from that place to beyond Souamurg. 

 We found many nests in May and June ; most of these were 

 in situations similar to those chosen by M. hodgsoni, but 

 two or three were in banks of the river, a foot or two above 

 the water. The nests were, however, smaller, and the wool 

 composing them was in all cases white; there were always 

 four or five eggs. 



82. MoTACILLA CITREOLA Pall. 



This bird was very common in the marshes round Srinugger 

 at the end of April, but we never saw it in the Sind Valley, 

 and it had totally disappeared by the time of our return at 

 the end of June. Whether it had bred and departed in the 

 meantime we could not tell, but the boatmen declared that 

 a Yellow Wagtail, probably M. citreoloides Hodgs., habitually 

 bred among the willows in the marshes. All the specimens 

 of Yellow Wagtail obtained were, however, M. citreola, and 

 not M. citreoloides. 



83. Anthus similis (Jerd.). 



Fairly common on the low hills round Srinugger and 

 Gandarbal both in April and June. In the latter month it 



