Notes on a Collection of Eggs made at Miirrec 351 



No. 199.— Cuculus canorus. 



We found the eg-g-s of tliis bird in the nests of Pratincola 

 ferrea, and Agrodroma griseo-ritfescens. {Jerdoni Finsch.) 



No. 234.— Araclinectlira asiatica. 



Found several nests of this species in May and June_, in the 

 lower valley s_, about 4^000 feet up. 



No. 243— Certhia himalayana. 



This is a most difficult nest to find, as the little bird always 

 chooses crevices where the bark has been broken or bulg-ed out, 

 some forty or fifty feet from the ground^ and generally on tall oak 

 trees which have no branches within forty feet of their roots. 

 There were young in the few nests we found. Captain Cock 

 secured the eggs in Kashmir : they are very small;, being -6 by '^S ; 

 round, white, with numerous red spots. The nests we found 

 were in the highest part of Murree, about 7,200 feet. 



No. 254— Upupa epops. 



Two nests in holes in trees. In one instance we watched the 

 cock bringing food to the hen, whom we afterwards caught on 

 the nest. This would go to prove the theory advanced that the 

 hoopoe, like the hornbill, remains on her nest all the time until 

 the eggs are hatched. Elevation, 7,000 feet. 



No. 257. — Lanius erythronotus. 



Found numerous nests in the valleys in May and June, be- 

 tween 4 and 5,000 feet up. 



No. 258 —Lanius tephronotus. 



This species much resembles L. eri/thronotits, but the eggs dif- 

 fer considerably, being more creamy-white, blotched and spotted 

 (more particularly at the larger end) with pale red and grey. They 

 are the same size as those of the preceding species. Lays 

 in the beginning of July, at the same elevation as L. erythronotus. 



No. 260.— Lanius Hardwickii. 



These little shrikes breed in the hills as well as the plains up 

 to 5,000 feet high. 



No. 275.— Pericrocotus roseus. 



The rosy minivet builds a beautifully little shallow cup-shaped 

 nest, the outer edge being quite narrow and pointed. The ex- 

 ternal covering of the nest is fine pieces of lichen fastened on with 

 cobwebs. It was fouiad on the l"2th of June and contained three 

 fresh eggs, white with greyish brown spots and blotches sparse- 



