i920.] Birds of Quetia. l53 



Tchitrea paradisi (L.) . 



A strao-oloi- which occasionully breeds in the Quetta 

 District. In the spring of both 11)115 and 1914 I saw pairs 

 of these birds which looked like nesting, but their preference 

 for gardens was their undoing, and in each case they moved 

 their quarters to less inquisitive climes. Zugmeyer obtained 

 a male at Pishin in September I'Jll (Laubmann on " Birds 

 collected by Zugmeyer in Baluchistan ''). 



Phylloscopus collybita. 

 P. c. tristis Blyth. 



A common bird of passage on both migrations, from the last 

 week of September and throughout October, and again in 

 spring from 27. ii. to 3. iv. An exceptionally early traveller 

 was obtained on 28. vii. 



Phylloscopus neglectus. 

 P. n. neglectus Hume. 



A common summer visitor to the Ziarat juniper forests 

 where, though I never found the nest, there can be no 

 question about its breeding, for it was more or less plentiful 

 throughout June and July. I did not note the time of 

 arrival, but the birds returned from their breeding haunts 

 from about 13. ix. to 30. ix. One obtained on 18. i. was the 

 only example met with in winter. 



Of eight specimens obtained, the wings of males vary 

 from 47 to 51 mm. The second primary equals the ninth 

 in three instances, the tenth in two, and the eleventh in two. 

 The tirst primary extended from 4 to 5'5 mm. beyond the 

 wing-coverts. 



Phylloscopus iiitidus. 



/'. n. Iiitidus Blyth. 



Only observed on autunni passage from 11.x. to 8. xi., 

 when the birds were far from common and usually in 

 small i)arties of about fifteen among the willow trees near 

 water. 



