60 Mr. Hugh Whistler on the 



Siphia parva. The European Red-breasted Flycatcher. 



912.30.10.1913. Jhelum. ?. Wing 66 mm. 



938. 1.12.1913. „ ?. „ 71 mm. 



970. 8.1.1914. „ (?. „ 69 mm. 



1319. 26.2.1914. „ ? . „ 68 mm. 



Au abundant spring and autumn passage-migrant, and 

 a winter resident in much smaller numbers ; the spring 

 passage takes place in March and April, the last bird noted 

 being seen on April 27. The autumn passage starts in 

 October (the first bird was met with on October 4), and con- 

 tinues until the middle of November. An occasional adult 

 male was noted in January and February. 



[Feet and iris dark brown, soles yellow-brown ; bill brown, 

 horny at base. I have carefully compared these specimens 

 witli eastern and western European specimens, with whicli 

 they are exactly similar. 1319 is moulting on the chin and 

 throat ; one specimen from Rawal Pindi, I may here note, 

 is on March 28 moulting the head and throat and has 

 attained the blue ear-coverts, moustachial streak, and light 

 loral patch. 970 has chin, throat, and ear-coverts rusty, and 

 is not moulting. — C. B. 2'.] 



Terpsiphone paradisi. The Indian Paradise Flycatcher. 



755. 7.6.1913. Jhelum. ^. Wmg 88 mm.; tail 99 mm. 



756. _,, „ ?. „ 82 mm.; tail 90 mm. 

 A spring and autumn passage-migrant in small numbers ; 



a few birds must remain in the summer in the plains, as 

 the two specimens (both in the chestnut plumage with 

 short tails) were shot from a nest with four eggs, built in 

 the middle o£ the Rak. In the Salt Range gardens it 

 breeds in great numbers in May and June, but I had no 

 opportunity of observing its status there during the 

 remainder of the year. The spring passage through Jhelum 

 occurs in April, the first bird being noted on April 9 ; the 

 autumn passage takes place in August and September. 



[Iris dark brown ; feet lead-blue ; bill and eyelid cobalt- 

 blue.— C B. T.] 



