Birds of the Jhelum District. 65 



birds wliicli breed in the neighbouring foothills. I found 

 a nest with five fresh eggs on July 5 in the District Board 

 garden. 



Merula boulboul. The Grey-winged Ouzel. 



1316. 15.2.191 1. Jhelum. Wing 136 mm. 



1320. 26.2.1914. „ ? . „ 141 mm. 



A winter visitor in small numbers. Besides the above 

 two specimens I saw a fine adult male on February 27 

 and a female on March 27, both in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood of Jhelum. Others were probably missed amongst 

 the numbers of the next species. 



[Iris dark brown, eye-rim yellow ; feet mixed olive-brown 

 and yellow ; bill orange. — C. B. T.'] 



Merula atrigularis. The Black-throated Ouzel. 



1311. 17.2.1914. Jhelum. ? . Wing 133 mm. 



A very common winter visitor, occurring in greatest 

 numbers in the neighbourhood of Jhelum itself. The first 

 bird was noted on January 8, and by the end of that 

 month the species had become fairly plentiful. It reached 

 Its full numbers about the middle of February and started 

 to decrease again towards the end of that month, the 

 diminution in numbers continuing until the end of March. 

 A few individuals were noted during the first half of 

 April, 



I believe I saw a single bird at Sohawa on September 14. 



[Eyelids sage-green, gape yellow ; feet steel-brown, claws 

 darker ; bill dark brown, base of lower mandible yellowish. — 



c. B. r.] 



Petrophila cyanus. The Western Blue Rock-Thrusli. 



A winter visitor in small numbers to the rocky nullahs of 

 the Pabbi tract, where an odd bird or two were noted from 

 December 19 to March 2. 



During the autumn migrations on September 4 I wounded 

 but failed to secure what was undoubtedly a specimen of this 

 species in a wood-yard at Jhelum. 



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