396 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
I had seen it in the Calcutta Museum. It is rare in the Western 
Himalayas, but would seem to be less so towards Nepaul. 
I was attracted by the sight of a number of Vultures and 
several Eagles soaring and circling over the ravine to our right. 
By the aid of my glass I made out a dead bullock (with a pack of 
something on its back, probably grain), which had fallen over the 
precipice. I recognised the Lammergeyer and the Great Brown 
Vulture busy at the carcass; the Eagles I could not decipher; 
most likely they were Aquila fulvescens, which is as fond of 
carrion as any Vulture; but they were too far down to tempt a 
shot, and, if shot, to retrieve them would have been no easy task. 
Capt. T. had shot, among other things of more or less value, a 
beautiful female Hobby, F’. subbuteo, or its Himalayan relative, 
F. severus, we could not determine which on the spot. I observed 
in several spots small flocks of Siva strigula, Leiothria luteus, 
four at least kinds of Titmouse, Hypsipetes psaroides, Garrulax 
albogularis, both species of Hill Jay, the lovely Blue Magpie, 
P. erythorhynchus, Thrushes of sorts, and Green Woodpeckers, 
G. occipitalis and G. squamatus ; no other kinds, however. 
We cantered in the last three miles, and reached the Muttecana 
Bungalow with praiseworthy punctuality in time for a fairly 
earned dinner. We found a hill-man waiting for us, with some 
Pheasants for sale. He was on his way to Simla with them, like 
the man last night, but willingly let us have what we wanted. I 
bought some of the Kalij for the pot, and a single specimen of 
the Koklas Pheasant, Pucrasia macrolopha, a species I had never 
myself shot, although I possess some skins. The fellow had also 
a good Bear-skin, which I got for a couple of rupees; and some 
honey, and a big jar of Bear’s-grease, with which last article he 
failed to tempt us. 
Muttecana, Oct. 9th. — Very cold here this morning, the 
ground white with hoar frost; and the hill-people predict an 
early and severe winter, but then they always do that. I had a 
couple of hours’ ramble before breakfast, and got some rather 
good birds: Gecinus flavinucha, Carduelis caniceps, Accentor 
variegatus, Heterura sylvana, Merula boulboul, and Myiagra 
cerulea. Saw some Swifts, probably C. melba, flying about the 
face of a precipice with amazing speed, but had no chance of 
obtaining one. In the forenoon I toiled through a dense growth 
of underwood towards the top of a mountain above the bungalow. 
