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was dome-shaped with the opening near the top, and 

 constructed of dry grass well lined with feathers. The usual 

 number of eggs is four or five. The bird is plentiful in all 

 the jungles. Iris black. Local name Chi-chung tebtok.) 



The skin sent was in very poor condition, and, not having 

 sufficient material for comparison, I sent it to Tring. Dr. 

 Hartert has identified it as Phylloscopus affinis, but the eggs 

 differ from others said to be those of Phylloscopus affinis taken 

 near Sonamurg, Kashmir, by Major Buchanan, which are pure 

 white, unspotted. I am informed by Indian oologists that 

 the eggs of this species are usually white, unspotted ; but I 

 have received one clutch taken by Mr. Whymper in Kashmir 

 in which one egg is spotted, like those from Tibet, though the 

 others are pure white. It would therefore appear that the 

 eggs of Phylloscopus affinis may not only be pure white, but 

 also white finely spotted with red. 



Babax waddelli Dresser, P. Z. S. 1905, vol. i. p. 54, pi. iv. 



Two clutches were sent, one of three and the other 

 of two eggs, together with the parent birds, taken near 

 Gyantse on the 27th of May, 1905. These eggs are all dark 

 uniform blue, unspotted, a shade lighter in tint than those of 

 Hodgsonius phomicuroides, but much larger, measuring T26 

 by 09 inch. 



(This bird nests in most of the jungles on the Gyantse 

 plain. The nest was built of small twigs, grass, and wool, 

 and lined with fine grass. It was placed near the top of a 

 small sapling and contained three eggs, but sometimes four 

 are laid. I have found nests in old willow trees and in low 

 scrub-jungle. The bird is very secretive, runs swiftly or 

 flies low from cover to cover, and is most difficult to shoot. 

 The adult male was found sitting on the nest. Iris black. 

 Food, seeds and small insects. Local name Kyo-mo.) 



Motacilla hodgsoni Gray. Hodgson's Wagtail. 



Dresser, Man. Palasarct. B. p. 199. 

 One clutch of four eggs, with the parent bird, was taken 

 near Gyantse on the 1st of June, 1905. They are greyish 

 white, finely speckled all over the surface with wood-brown, 



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