512 Mr. N. B. Kinnear on the Birds roUeded [Ibis, 



breast. There is a similar skin from Nepal in Hodgson's 

 collection, but unfortunately it is without any date. Oates's 

 suggestion tliat the young male assumes the blue plumage at 

 the first autumn moult seems doubt ful^ since Mr. Wollaston's 

 specimen appears to be a bird of the previous year. 



Hodgson described this species from Nepal, and it is found 

 from Garliwal to Kansu always at considerable elevations. 

 In Sikkim Blanford first met with it on Momay Samdong at 

 an altitude of 15,000 ft.^ and later on in the autumn saw a 

 flock near the Donkia Pass about 17,000 ft. 



In Garhwal Mr. S. L. Whymper discovered two nests 

 with young in July at 1G,700 ft. in the Nila Valloy, and in 

 the following year his native collector took two eggs in June 

 at the same place — the first-recorded eggs. 



A small flock of these birds were observed by Mr. Osmaston 

 in the early part of June, feeding close to the melting snow 

 in the Tons Valley, at 13,000 ft., but though several of the 

 birds had paired ho was unable to find a nest. 



This bird has received considerable notoriety in the daily 

 press, owing to its having been reported from time to time 

 as a " Blue-Bird." What the play writer's " Blue-Bird " was 

 does not concern us here, but it is the name ordinarily used 

 for the North American bird Sialia sialis. 



[A flock of fifty or more seen on ( -hog La between the 

 Kharta and Kama Valleys. — A. F. R. W.] 



Tribura thoracica (BIyth). 



321 c? 26.ii.21 Popte La 12,000 ft. 



The Spotted Bush-Warbler has been found breeding in 

 Nepal and Sikkim, and is fairly common in parts of Grarhwal, 

 according to Mr. Osmaston, frequenting open grassy places 

 in summer up to 12,500 ft. Mr. Whymper took nests in 

 the Nila Valley of the same district at 12,000 ft. 



Phylloscopus affinis (Tickell). 



285 c? , 239 ? 15.7.21, 241 ? 17.7.21, Nyenyam ] 3,500 ft. ; 

 275 o 11.8.21, 350 o 19.8.21 Kharta L2,500 ft. 



Tickell's Warbler is found during the breeding-season from 



