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tail is white iit the base and the upper tail-coverts are with- 

 out streaks. In indica, which breeds from Baluchistan 

 through Cashmir and Turkestan to the Petehora, the tail- 

 coverts are very similar to those of maura, but there is less 

 white at the base of the tail. 



Saxicola caprata. 



-6'. c. rossorum Hart. 



A common summer visitor to the Quetta plains and hills, 

 breeding fi'om 5000 to 10,000 feet. First spring arrival was 

 noted on 4. iii., while the latest date in autumn on which 

 one was seen was 11. ix., but Marshall found that this Chat 

 left in October. It is exceptional to find it very far fi'om 

 water, and the majority breed on the plains. 



Nests with eggs were found from 2G. iv. to 2.vi,, and 

 young able to fly were seen on 19. vi. One nest found 

 on Takatu at 10,0(,)0 feet on 10. v. contained a Cuckoo's 

 (telephonus) egg. 



The nests were always in slight holes in a bank, under a 

 large stone or clod of earth. 



The white on the breast of males from Quetta extends 

 from the end of the breast-bone to the vent. 



Cliimarrornis leucocephala (Vig.). 



This particularly handsonuj Redstart was obtained on 2. iii., 

 and another was seen at close quarters near Baleli on 14. iv. 

 It was not observed at any other time. In each case the 

 bird was on rocks by running' water. 



Phcenicurus ochniros. 



P. 0. pJui'iiicaroides (Moore). (= RnticlUa rufirentris 

 Gates, F. B. I.) 

 An abundant summer visitor to the hills, breeding up 

 to 11,000 feet on Murdar and commonly at Ziarat between 

 7000 and DOOO feet. I did not note the time of arrival or 

 departure. A nest with five eggs was fouiid on jMurdar at 

 10,500 feet on 7.vi. It was in the broken bark of a dead 

 fallen juniper, and consisted of a mass of grass, feathers, fibre, 

 and juniper bark, lined with fine bits of bark and a few 



