224 Lieut. W. W. Cordeaux on the Birds of 



with sculptured figures of Hindoo gods. In the locality saw 

 several pairs of Pratincola ferrea haunting the low shrubs. 



June 10th. Saw several pairs of the Drongo Shrike {Bu- 

 changa longicaudata) , also Sylvia curruca. 



June Wth, Noticed Lohivanellus goensis up the Lidur 

 valley. 



June I2(h. Marched to Atsibul ; here is a nice old garden, 

 with a series of tanks and watercourses placed one above the 

 other in terraces, the water falling in cascades from one ter- 

 race to another; beyond these is a hill covered with hazels 

 and deodars, and at the foot a great body of water rushes up 

 out of the earth. This is the soui'ce of the Jhelum. There 

 are some very fine planes in the garden, and my bearers say 

 the reason they are so big is that Akbar Shah had them 

 irrigated with milk. During the day saw large numbers of 

 the Indian Titlark [Atithus rufuhis), also several pairs of 

 Ceryle rudis. In the garden I shot an example of the jiretty 

 Himalayan Goldfinch [Carduelis caniceps) ; they are fairly 

 common in the valley. In the pines were flocks of the small 

 Zosterops palpebrosa. The Stonechat {Pratincola indico) 

 is very common, usually sitting on the low bushes or on 

 the top of a tree, from which it makes short roving flights. 

 Emberiza cia is common all over the valley, and ranges quite 

 into Thibet. 



June 14/A. Marched to Verenag; on the road I noticed 

 several Alpine Swifts hawking along the hill-sides in com- 

 pany with the Common Swift. 



June Ibth. Obtained an example of Coccystes melanoleucus. 

 I had not seen this bird before in the valley, although round 

 Umballah it is very common in the hot weather. I also got 

 the Large Mini vet {Pericrocotus speciosus) . The woods here 

 swarm with the Black Bulbul [Hypsipetes psaroides) ; these 

 fly from tree to tree, chattering and screaming like Jays. 

 Fhylloscopus superciliosus is common all over the North-west 

 Himalayas, and I saw it beyond Dras ; it is very like a 

 Willow Wren in its habits, but not so large. I used fre- 

 quently to see it in the willow scrub along the river-bank. 



June 16th. Went up the hill behind the camp, where I 



