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It is, I think, the most vociferous bird in the breeding-season 

 I ever heard, calling as much by night as by day. On 

 the 4th June we discovered a single white egg, faintly spotted, 

 in a Warbler's nest, and wondered what Warbler could lay 

 an egg of this description. On the 7th we again visited the 

 nest and discovered that the Crows had robbed it, but the 

 broken remains of the e^^, as well as those of eggs of Phyllo- 

 scopus humii, were in the nest. On the same day, within a 

 hundred yards, we found a nest of Acanthopneuste occipitalis 

 in a hole in a tree-stump, which also contained a similar egg. 

 The egg is about twice the size of that of ^. occipitalis; it is 

 very elongated and pure white, with a few small brown 

 spots. This Cuckoo is very shy, and it was only after hours 

 of work, stalking various individuals, that we obtained a 

 specimen, though through a glass it was easy to watch the 

 bird and identify it. 



99. Cacomantis passerinus (Vahl.). 



100. Penthoceryx sonnerati (Lath.). 



These, our old familiar Kanara friends, we both saw and 

 heard near Garhi, in the Jhelum Valley, on the 27th and 28th 

 June. They were apparently common there, but we never 

 met with them further north. 



101. PaLvEornis schisticeps Hodgs. 



This beautiful Parrot was common on the way from Kohala 

 to Baramula along the Jhelum, both in April when we were 

 travelling to Kashmir, and in June when we were returning. 

 We never saw it beyond about seven miles on this side of 

 Baramula. 



102. Asio OTus (Linn.). 



I saw a specimen of this Owl at Sonamurg in May, but did 

 not manage to secure it. I also heard what I believe to have 

 been its note in June at the same place. 



103. Syrnium NivicoLA (Hodgs.). 



This Owl was not uncommon at Sonamurg and on the hill 

 above Gund. We were not able to discover any nests, 

 though we saw one of these birds furiously attacking a Crow. 



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