1920.] Birds of Quetta. 14& 



to the plains in winter and breeding between the 8500 and 

 9000 feet levels in May. A nest with two eggs was found 

 on 10. V. It was in the cleft of a rock, and was a huge 

 mass of grass and feathers, with hair and cotton lining. The 

 eggs were white, with small rusty spots, mostly at the base. 

 I also noted two birds building in a cleft on 3. v. making a 

 mud foundation and entrance to their nest, and on 31. v. 

 I found five fully-fledged young being fed by their parents. 

 I never once saw this species on a tree, nor was it observed 

 in the Ziarat juniper forest. 



Two specimens obtained agree with the series in Tring. 



Parus major. 



P. m. intermcdlus Sarud. (= atriceps Oates, F. B. I.) 

 Resident in the Quetta District, descending to the plains 

 in winter and breeding in the bills above 8500 feet. A nest 

 found on Zarghun on 3. v. was in a hole in a juniper stump 

 some five feet from the ground, and contained four white 

 eggs with a few reddish-brown spots at the larger end. 

 I did not disturb it. Another nest found on Takatu on 23. v. 

 was in a hole in an old mulberry tree, and beyond hearing 

 the hissing of the old bird inside I experienced nothing. 



The one specimen I brought home appears to belong to 

 this form, and agrees with specimens from Turkestan. 



Parus rufonuchalis. 



P. r. rufoiiKchaUs Blyth. 



A fairly connnon resident in the Ziarat juniper forest, 

 seldom descending to the plains. I never observed it nesting, 

 but Captain Hawley states that it commences at Ziarat in 

 early April. 



One obtained on l.viii. agrees with Cashmir specimens. 



JEgithalos erythrocephahis ( Vig.) . 



I saw a large party of these Tits at Ziarat throughout 

 July. They seldom left the three or four trees which seemed 

 to be their home, and Avere so tame that I caught one in a 

 butterfly-net. Marshall observed a pair at Ziarat in May, 



