350 Notes on a Collection of Eggs made at Murree. 



die of October when they died suddenly;, I fear from too liig-h feed- 

 ing. The nest was at an elevation of between 5 and 6^000 feet. 



No. 85.— Hirundo erythropygia. 



This is the house swallow of Murree — breeds under all the 

 eaves. Lays pure white egg-s in June. 



No. 114 &^■s.— Oaprimulgus Unwini. Hume. 



"We found three nests of this bird on the bare ground in the 

 valleysj the eggs are perfect ovals^ greyish white^ covered with 

 differently shaded blackish blotches^ being 1"15 long and "8 broad. 

 Breeds in May^, about 5;, 000 feet up. 



No. 150.— PalBBorDis scMsticeps. 



These nests were invariably very high up in tall trees^ most of 

 them in newly made holes. All that we found this year con- 

 tained young birds. We got the egg last year. It is 1" 15 long by 

 •95 broad. This species breeds at the latter end of April. Eleva- 

 tion, 6 to 7,000 feet. 



No. 154. — Picus Mmalayanns. 



This breeds early and very high up in the trees. All the nests 

 we found at the end of May had nearly full fledged young in 

 them. Elevation, about 7,000 to 7,500 feet. 



No. 157.— Picus Macii. 



■ One nest taken on June 2nd, in a hole in an oak tree ; three 

 eggs somewhat hard sat. Length, '9 by '65. 6,500 elevation. 



No. 170.— Gecinus squamatns. 



Several nests in the month of June, all with young. We got 

 the eggs last year in May. They are somewhat smaller than those 

 of the next species. The holes are always about forty or fifty 

 feet up the trees, at all elevations, from 5 to 7,000 feet. 



No. 172 —Gecinus occipitalis. 



This species breeds very low down in trees, the hole in which 

 the nest was, that we found on the £8th of May, being only 

 three feet from the ground : it contained five fresh glossy white 

 eggs, long, and pointed at the thinner end. They measured 1'25 

 in length and "SS in breadth. Elevation, 7,000 feet. 



No. 191. — Megalaima Marshallorum. Sivinhoe. 



Lays in the latter end of June and beginning of July, the eggs 

 are four in number, pure white, and 1*4 by 1. Most of the nests 

 were in newly made holes, in horse chesnut trees, some twenty 

 or thirty feet from the ground. Elevation, averaging 6,000 feet. 



