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rarely, the majority migrating north and west. The genus Weornis 
build cup-shaped nests, and lay deep dull purple red eggs, with a tendency 
to a zone at the large end. They are permanent residents in the eastern 
Himalayas. Of the breeding of the Phylloscopi very little is known, 
but some of them certainly breed in the Himalayas. The Reguloides, 
Culicepeta, and Abrornis also breed in the Himalayas to a great extent; 
typically they make domed nests on the ground in mossy or grassy 
banks ;. but some build high up in trees (as &. proregulus), and others 
(as R. occipitalis) breed often in holes in decayed trees. The eges of 
Culicepeta, Abrornis, and at least one of the Reguloides (R. occipitalis) 
are pure white, with some of the Reguloides, they are spotted, but the 
breeding of these birds is comparatively little known. Of Tichellia 
the breeding is unknown, but it appears to be a permanent resident in 
the Himalayas. 
Golden-crested wrens, (Regulus) .—Only one species is 
known, and that is a permanent resident in the Himalayas at high 
elevations. In habits it closely resembles the English golden-crested 
wren, and its nest is similar, but the eggs have not as yet been taken. 
Whitethroats, (Sylvia).—Are migratory birds, appearing in 
the plains of India in the cold weather. One species only (S. affinis) is 
known to breed in the north-west Himalayas, and this in its habits is 
identical with the English whitethroat. 
Fork tails, (Henicurus).—Are an Indo-Malayan family of birds. 
They occur in India only in the Himalayas, and are not migratory. They 
are always found near water, generally running water. The nest isa 
shallow compact structure of mosses and roots and fibres placed on 
banks or rocks, and the eggs are speckled in all the species of which the 
breeding is known. 
Wagtails, (Budytes, Motacilla, Nemoricola).—Are very migra- 
tory birds. Only two appear to be permanent residents in the plains of 
India: one the Indian pied wagtail (J. maderaspatana), the other 
avery anomalous form, the black-breasted wagtail (Nemoricola indica), 
which is rare every where, and of which the nest has never been taken. 
Of the remainder, three species (MZ. luzionensis, M. melanope, and 
B. calcaratus) are known to breed in the Himalayas. The rest probably 
migrate still further north; breeding in Turkistan, In habits they 
are all alike keeping to plains near water or moist fields, building a 
shallow nest of roots and hair on the ground and laying speckled eggs. 
