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shot Erithacus hrunneus. Saw also a pair of Pious hima- 

 layanus ; the female is a much smaller bird than the male, 

 and with a considerably less powerful bill. 



June i8th. Marched back to Islamabad ; on the way passed 

 a large heronry, built on elm trees ; there must have been 

 seventy or eighty nests, and the trees were covered with 

 birds, 



Ju7ie 25th. Came by boat to Sopur ; on the way I again 

 took the eggs of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana, and also those 

 of Hydrochelidon indica. 



June 2Sth. Shot a Streaked Laughing Thrush [Trocha- 

 lopterum lineatuni) . 



June 29th. On the march from Baramoula to Rampur 

 down the Jhelum valley, noticed several Jays [Garrulus' lan- 

 ceolatus) ; shot one male bird. 



June 30th. Obtained an example of the Blue-headed Cliat 

 Thrush [Oroecetes dnclorhynchns) , the skin of which was 

 unfortunately carried off by a dog. I found the Whistling 

 Thrush [Myiophoneus teninmicki) common in the Jhelum 

 valley, also the Blue Magpie {Urocissa flavirostris) . 



July \st. Got a bird, which I failed to identify at the 

 time, but subsequently found it was Henicurus maculatus^. 

 Noticed several Green Hill Pigeons (Sphefiocercus sphenurus). 



July 2nd. Saw to-day, for the first time in the valley, a 

 pair of the White- breasted Kingfisher {Halcyon fusca). 



July 4th. At Domel noticed several Black Buntings [Melo- 

 phus melanicterus) , aho a pair of Cormorants [Graculus carbo) 

 fishing in the Jhelum. I am stopping at a pretty dak 

 bungalow, built of pine wood and stone — a very superior 

 place, as good as you could get at home — situated just below 

 where the Krishna- gunga runs into the Jhelum; '^ Domel''' 

 meaning ''the meeting of the waters.""' The thermometer 

 here to-day was 90° in the shade. 



July 6th. Shot a White- breasted Blue Woodchat [lanthia 

 cyanura), which I unfortunately spoilt in skinning. Noticed 



* [Kindly named for me by Mr. R. Bowdler Sliarpe, of the British 

 Museum, to whom I am also indebted for the determination of some other 

 species named in this paper. — J. C] 



