84. Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker on the 



42. Accentor fulvescens. 



Tharrhaleus fulvescens (Severtz.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, ii. p. 171 ; Sharpe, Sci. Result. Yark. Miss., Aves, 

 p. 98. 



a. <$ adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, Aug. 1904. 



b. S adult. „ „ Sept. 3, 1903. 

 Nos. 1723, 132, 150. <J adult; 140. ? adult. Khamba 



Jong, 15,200 feet, Oct. 5-9, 1903. 



Nos. 1777, 1778. S adult. Khamba Jong, 15,200 feet, 

 Nov. 14, 1903. 



No. 1922. ? adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, April 23, 1904. 



No. 1958. S adult. Gyantse, 12,000 feet, May 3, 1904. 



There is much variation in the colour of the under parts 

 in the series of skins in the National Collection ; some are 

 almost white, and others "of all shades up to deep rufous. 

 The palest variety occurs in the desert regions of Northern 

 Tibet, while those from Southern Tibet and Sikhim, in- 

 cluding my own specimens, belong to the darkest form. 



This bird is very similar in its habits to A. rubeculoides, 

 but appears to be less hardy. There were none at Tuna 

 during the winter, when the other species was common. 

 It was breeding at Gyantse in June, nesting in low willow 

 trees. The Tibetan name is " Rib-che-ta-ta," i. e. Striped 



Hill-bird. 



[To be continued.] 



V. — Notes on the Nidification of Indian Birds not mentioned 

 in Hume's ' Nests and Eggs' — Part I. By E. C. Stuart 

 Baker, F.Z.S. 



In 'The Ibis' for 1895 (pp. 41, 217) and 1896 (p. 318), and 

 in 'The Asian' of 1893 and 1894, I published notes on the 

 breeding of sixty-nine birds not mentioned in the second 

 edition of Hume's 'Nests and Eggs,' edited by E. W. Oates. 

 These were the result of my own observations only, but since 

 then a great many more nests and eggs have been discovered — 

 a few by myself and my co-worker, Dr. H. N. Coltart, and 



