Notes on a Collection of Eggs made at Murree, oho 



nests all situated under these bridges. The eggs are pale pink 

 and sonaetimes have a few fine speckles on them. Breeds in June^ 

 at all elevations^ from 4 to 7^000 feet. 



I^o. 310.— Miiscicapula superciliaris. 



Sixteen or eighteen nests between the beginning of May and 

 the end of June^ in small holes in rotten branches, or trunks of 

 trees, sometimes close to the ground, sometimes very high up. 

 Eg'gs, five in number, of a yellowish brown colour, almost round, 

 about "6 long and "45 broad. The general elevation averages 

 6,500 feet; they do not build in the lower hills. 



No. 348— Myiophonus Temminckii. 



Several nests found in June, near running streams, about 

 4,000 feet up. Full description will be found in Jerdon. 



No. 351.— Petrocossypliiis cyanens. 



Thes- eggs have not, we think, been recorded before from 

 India. There is a description of them in Sharpens and Dresser^s 

 Birds of Europe. We found these in a low stone wall at no 

 great elevation, four eggs,'very pale blue, with a few small brown 

 specks; they are I'l in length and '75 in breadth. These eggs 

 were taken early in June. 



No. 353.— Orocoetes cinclorhynchus. 



Builds in banks under roots or tufts of grass, a neat cu]5- 

 shaped nest. The eggs are salmon coloured, with a few darker 

 red specks and spots. The nests we foimd were made entirely 

 of dead pine leaves, beautifully woven together. Elevation, 6,000 

 feet. 



No. 355.— Geocichla citrina. 



Builds about the beg-inning of June in the fork of a low tree 

 about six feet up. Lays three eggs, pale greenish white, finely 

 speckled with rufous brown, forming a patch at the larger end. 1 

 inch in length, "8 in breadth. 



No. 356.— Geocichla unicolor. 



Several nests in June made of moss and fern stalks, lined with 

 root fibres. Eggs somewhat resembling those of 31. bulbul. Only 

 smaller, rounder, and more lightly speckled. They are the same 

 size as those of P. cyaneus. 



No. 361.— Morula bulbul. 



Breeds all over the Murree hills, from middle of April till 

 July. 



