THE 



NESTS AND EGGS 



OF 



INDIAN BIRDS. 



Family MUSCICAPID^. 



557. Muscicapa grisola, Linn. The Spotted Flycatcher. 

 Butalis grisola, Linn., Hume, Cat. no. 299 bia. 



Dr. Scully informs us that the Spotted Flycatcher breeds in 

 Gilgitin the pine- forests, at elevations over 8000 feet. 



Major Wardlaw Eamsay, uriting of Afghanistan, says : " I 

 found the nest on the 3rd June, high up on a hill-side, at about 

 8000 feet. It was situated in the lowest fork of an edible pine 

 (Finns gerardiana\ about six feet from the ground. The nest was 

 composed of shreds of the bark of the juniper-tree, without any 

 lining except a few feathers, and contained four eggs, quite fresh, 

 pale green, profusely freckled with light brown, especially towards 

 the thick end. The position of this nest was rather unusual ; but 

 another I found xvas in a crevice of a ragged juniper-stump." 



558. Hemichelidon sibirica (Gm.). The Sooty Flycatcher. 



Henrichelidon fuliginosus, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Ind. i, p. 458. 

 Hemichelidon sibiricus (Gm.}, Hume, Rough Draft X. $ E. no. 296. 



The late Captain Cock found a nest of the Sooty Flycatcher, on 

 the 5th June, with three eggs at Sonamurg, up the Scind Ei\ er 

 (Cashmere). It was placed against the side of a tree-trunk. 



The eggs are long ovals, a good deal pointed and compressed 



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