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is pretty certain, from Colonel Marshall's experience, that their 

 pretended eggs of A. jerdoni did not pertain to that species ; and 

 it may therefore well be doubted whether the eggs they produced 

 as those of Hodgson's Pipit can be at all relied on. Future inves- 

 tigations must decide this point. 



The eggs are moderately broad ovals, scarcely pointed at all 

 towards the small end, but greatly resembling in shape (though 

 somewhat larger) and in the character of their markings those of 

 Anthus rufalus. The ground-colour is a ruddy cream, and they 

 are very thickly streaked and clouded and streakily spotted with 

 red and purplish red. Strange to say, though the character of the 

 markings is very different, the colours recall those of some varie- 

 ties of our " Ibul's. They have, like those of A. rufulus, a faint 

 gloss. They measure 0'8 and 0-82 by 0-65. 



They were obtained on the 27th May in Upper Grurhwal, at an 

 elevation of over 12,000 feet. The nest was found on the ground 

 in a small depression and under the shelter of a tuft of grass. It 

 seemed to have been a flat saucer some 4 inches in diameter, and 

 was composed entirely of dry grass. 



A nest of this species obtained by Mr. Mandelli's people in the 

 Dolaka District of Xepal on the 5th May is a mere pad of fine 

 grass-stems loosely twisted together, and with a few dry pinnse of 

 some Pteris incorporated at one side. It appears to have been 

 circular, about 3-5 in diameter and 0'75 in thickness. It was 

 placed on the ground in a little depression amongst grass, and 

 contained two fresh eggs. 



An egg said to belong to this species, obtained by Mr. Mandelli 

 in the neighbourhood of Darjeeling on the 19th May, 1875, re- 

 sembles a Lark's egg. It is a very regular rather elongated oval. 

 The ground-colour appears to be greyish white, and it is very 

 thickly freckled over its whole surface with a very pale earthy 

 brown, which is slightly darker in patches and especially in a zone 

 near the large end. The egg has scarcely any gloss. It measures 

 0-85 by 0-60. 



Oreocorys sylvanus (Hodgs.). The Upland Pipit. 



Heterura svlvana, Hodgs., Jerd. B. Ind. ii, p. 239 ; Hume, Hough 

 DraftN.fyE.no.WQ. 



The Upland Pipit breeds throughout the middle ranges of the 

 Himalayas east of the Beas, at elevations of from 4000 to 7000 or 

 8000 feet. Westward of the Beas, I daresay, it may also breed, 

 but I have no record of the fact. I have myself found the nests 

 in Kooloo, in the Sutlej Valley, at Simla on Jacko itself, and near 

 Mussoorie. In Kumaon I found young ones just able to fly, and 

 Mr. Hodgson obtained the eggs in Kepal. 



The breeding-season lasts from April to July, but the majority 

 of the birds lay in the neighbourhood of Simla in the last fortnight 

 of May and the first week in June. I have obtained young birds 



