344 Mr. H. E. Dresser on some 



Podoces humtlis Hume. Brown Ground-Chough. 

 Dresser, Man. Palaearct. B. p. 409. 



Two clutches with the parent birds, obtained on the 14th 

 and 17th of July. The eggs are pure white and slightly 

 glossy, and measure from 0"88 by 0*62 to 0*96 by 064 inch. 



(These birds breed in June and July ; a nest found on the 

 1st of July contained three young birds and one egg, while 

 others found in July contained young birds. They are 

 sometimes seen away from the localities inhabited by the 

 little mouse-hares, but are generally associated with them. 

 They dig holes for themselves in which they place their nests, 

 and do not make use of the holes of the mouse-hare as does 

 Montifrinyilla mandellii. Their flight is very low, quite 

 close to the ground, and never protracted, and they are 

 great runners. I have never seen one parched on a tree or 

 bush, as indeed they frequent bare localities. The nest-hole, 

 excavated in the side of a nullah about 18 inches below 

 the top, is straight and narrow till the nesting-chamber is 

 reached, too narrow for the hand to enter. At the end a 

 considerable cavity is excavated, in which the abnormally 

 large nest is placed, and this chamber varies in distance 

 from the entrance from three to twelve feet. The nest is 

 large, as much as fifteen inches in diameter, and consists of 

 a loosely woven mass of dry grass, roots, moss, hair, and 

 wool, with no particular lining; the number of eggs laid 

 varies from three to five. This bird feeds chiefly on insects. 

 Iris brown. Local name Day-day.) 



Pica bottanensis Deless. Tibetan Magpie. 



One clutch of five eggs taken at Gyantse in May 1905 ; 

 they do not differ from those of Pica rustica taken in 

 Europe. 



(The Magpie nests in high trees throughout the month 

 of May.) 



Archibuteo hemiptilopus Blyth. Himalayan Rough- 

 legged Buzzard. 



Dresser, Man. Palaearct. B. p. 515. 

 One clutch of three eggs with the parent bird, which were 



