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This species was tolerably common in the central ■woods of 

 the Nepal Valley from October to about the middle of April ; 

 I lost sight of it in the latter half of April. In the Residency 

 grounds it frequented hedges and the lower branches of the 

 pine trees, was very lively and active, and was usually seen in 

 pairs, or small parties of four or five. 



343.— Myiophoneus temmincki, Vig. 



Two males, Valley, February and August. — Length, 13-5 and 

 13-7 ; expanse, 21'5 and 22 ; wing, 7-1 and 7-3 ; tail, 5-5 and 

 5-65 ; tarsus, 2 and 2-05 ; bill from gape, 1-55 and 1-63 ; bill 

 at front, 0-93 and 1-17 ; closed wings short of tail, 2 and 2-8 ; 

 weight, 65 and 7ozs. 



Bill dull yellow ; nostrils and along culmen to tip dusky or 

 blackish ; irides rich brown ; feet shining black ; claws horny 

 black. 



Two females, Pharphing, July, and Valley, August. — Length, 

 13-1; expanse, 20-8; wing, Qd>; tail, 5-2 to 5-25; tarsus, 2 ; 

 bill from gape, 1-5 to 1-6; bill at front, 095 to I'lS; closed 

 wings short of tail, 2-3 ; weight, 6 and 6-5ozs. 



Bill yellow ; the culmen and base of upper mandible brownish 

 black; irides brown; feet and claws black. These four 

 specimens differ from examples shot by me in Kashmir in the 

 following points : —They are darker and more dull colored ; the 

 white spots on the wing-coverts are more minute and scanty ; 

 and the bill is markedly deeper and more powerful than in the 

 western birds. 



The Yellow-billed Whistling Thrush is a permanent resident 

 in the Nepal Valley and at Pharphing; it occurs in small 

 numbers only, about the streams as they issue from the hills, 

 but, of course, is never seen in the central part of the valley. 

 I also found it on some of the hill streams in descending to the 

 Nawakot district, and it was common along the course of the 

 Rapti, between Bhimphedi and Nimboatar, in winter. Its 

 habits are thoroughly well known. 



347.— Cinclus asiaticus, Sws. 



The Brown Water Ouzel was observed in the Nawakot dis- 

 trict in November, in the Markhu Valley in December, and on 

 several occasions near the head waters of the Bishnumati River 

 in the valley of Nepal : it was not at all abundant, and was 

 always very shy. It is solitary in winter, and is generallv seen 

 either perching on a rock in the bed of the stream, or spinning 

 along very rapidly close to the surface of the water ; and \i 

 frequently utters a sharp shrill whistling cry. 



