THE 



NESTS AND EGGS 



INDIAN B I R D S. 



Family MUSCICAPID^. 



557. Muscicapa grisola, Liun. Tlie Spotted Flycatcher. 

 Butalis grisola, Linn., Hume, Cut. no. 299 bia. 



Dr. Scully informs us that the Spotted Flycatclier breeds ia 

 Gilgit in the pine- forests, at elevations over 8U00 feet. 



Major Wardlaw Ramsay, writing of Afghanistan, says : — " I 

 found the nest on the 3rd June, high up on a hill-side, at about 

 8000 feet. lb was situated in the lowest fork of an edible pine 

 (Pinus gerardianci), about six feet from the ground. The nest was 

 composed of shreds of the bark of the juniper-tree, without any 

 lining except a few feathers, and contained four eggs, quite fresh, 

 pale green, profusely freckled with light brown, especially towards 

 the thick end. The position of this nest was rather unusual ; but 

 another I found was in a crevice of a ragged juniper-stump." 



558. Hemichelidon sihirica (Gm.). The Sooty Flycatcher. 



Hemiclielidon fiiliginosus, ILidgs., Jerd. B. Ind. \, p. 4.58. 

 Hemichelidon sibiricus {Gm.), Hume, Rouyh Draft N. Sf E. no. 298. 



The late Captain Cock found a nest of the Sooty Flycatclier, ou 

 the 5th June, with three eggs at Sonamurg, up the Seind Eiver 

 (Cashmere). It was placed against the side of a tree-trunk. 



The tggs are long ovals, a good deal pointed and compressed 

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