Birds of the Jhelum District. 



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birds are the same individuals as those that breed here. 

 For it may be noted that the species appears to be less 

 common in winter than in summer, while that would hardly 

 be the case if the summer birds stayed on with the birds 

 that must arrive in winter from the hills. In the breeding- 

 season the males sing freely — the song is short and rather 

 pretty : it begins so low as to be almost inaudible, and 

 becomes louder and louder until at the end. it is almost 

 harsh, and this is repeated again and again without 

 variation. 



[Iris yellow-brown ; feet lead-blue ; bill lead-blue, basal 

 part of lower mandible very dark. — C. B. T".] 



Hypsipetes psaroides. The Himalayan Black Bulbul. 



1304.13.2.1914. Jhelum. ^. Wing 115 mm. 



A winter visitor in flocks to Jhelum itself, but not 

 observed elsewhere. It arrived in the first week of February 

 and stayed until about the middle of March, when its 

 numbers decreased, a few remaining throughout the month. 

 The last party was noted on the 8th of April. They fed 

 freely on unripe mulberries, and were easily observed owing 

 to their noisy and incessant calls. 



[Iris dark brown ; bill and feet coral-red, claws black. — 

 C. B. T.] 



Molpastes intermedins. The Punjab Red- 

 750. 5.6.1913. Jhelum. ? 



? 

 Chua Saidan Shah. 

 Jhelum. ? 



764. 

 773. 



777. 

 785. 

 790. 

 834. 



17.6.1913. 

 1.7.1913. 

 28.6.1913. 

 13.7.1913. 

 18.7.1913. 

 .23.8.1913. 



931. 20.11.1913. 



985. 

 1307. 

 1308. 

 1315. 

 1317. 



24.1.1914. 

 15.2.1914. 

 16.2.1914. 

 19.2.1914. 

 25.2.1914. 



