Notes on a Collection of Eggs made at Murree, 357 



No. 669— Garrulus bispecularis. 



This species is an early breeder^ for all the nests we found 

 about the end of May had young- ones. 



No. 670.— Garrulus ianceolatus. 



This species breeds in great numbers all over the Murree 

 Hills. 



No. 671 &^s.— Uroccissa flavirostris. 



Breeds \\\ trees about twenty feet up^ generally near the top 

 of a \\i\\, in May and June. 



No. 686.— Acridotheres fuscus. 



This myna which takes the place of A. tristris in the higher 

 hillsj breeds always in holes in trees. We found five or six nests in 

 June and early in July. 



No. 708— Passer cinnamomeus. 



Lays in deserted swallows^ nests and about houses. At Dhurm- 

 sala this sparrow always builds in trees out in the forests. 



No. 711.— Passer flavicoUis. 



This species breeds in the Hills, about Murree, in July. 



No. 713 — Emberiza cia. 



Several nests in the middle of June in low bushes or banks. 

 Eggs resembling E. citrinella. Sharpe and Dresser say, E. cia 

 does not breed in India. Next season I shall send home a series of 

 birds and their eggs to decide the question, as I believe our bird 

 at Murree is E. cia. 



No. 718.— Emberiza Stewarti. 



The nest is roughly made of roots and fibres situated in a low 

 bush near the ground ; the eggs four in number are dusky white, 

 spotted and blotched with different shades of black and grey. 

 Size '8 by '6. Breeds in the latter end of June, from 5 to 7,000 

 feet up. 



No. 724.— Melophus melanicterus. 



Breeds in June in banks — nest made of grass. Eggs white, 

 thickly mottled with brown. 



