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357. — Turdus (Cichloselys) Wardii, Jerdon. 



Not uncommon at Mussoori. Its song is a strange one, of 

 two notes, and quite unmusical. 



361.— Merula boulboul, Lath. 



Found near Mussoori and in the oak woods beyond Lan- 

 dour. At Kauriagalia I saw many. It is a charming 



songster. 



368.— Turdus Hodgsoni, Lafres. 



Was met with from Dhanolti to Kauriagalia, and again 

 up above Derali. It is a greyer bird than the European one, 

 and I cannot agree with Messrs. Sharpe and Dresser in con- 

 sidering it identical. Even young birds want the greenish 

 tinge of the rump which marks the European bird. 



370.— Oreocincla mollissima, Blyth. 



A single example obtained above Derali. 



371.— Oreocincla dauma, Latham. 



Seen several times, and I procured one above the village of 

 Banguli. I took the eggs of this bird at Gulmurg in Cashmere, 

 the only nest ever taken I believe.* 



392.— St achy ris pyrrhops, Hodgson. 



Frequently met with in the lower parts of the valley. Below 

 Dhunda I obtained a fully-fledged ) oung bird on the 27th 

 May ; it must therefore breed rather early. Its note is a low 

 soft whistle ; and on account of its skulking habits, it is very 

 difficult to shoot. In note and habits, this species is very like 

 Horornis palhdus, in spite of its differently shaped bill. I have 

 not seen any of the other three species of Stachyris in life. 



Horornis, as a genus, has little or nothing in common with 

 Dumeticola and Tribara. The notes of the Dumeticola that I 

 heard in Cashmere were strictly those of a Locuslella, and from 

 Locustella the genus simply differs in the unicolorous upper 

 plumage and the rounded wing. 



405.— Pomatorhinus erythrogenys, Gould. 



Common about Mussoori, and I occasionally met with 

 it up the Bhagiruttee valley, in the lower and warmer parts. 

 The male and female call together, as in the case of Meg. 

 Marshallorum, a sort of curious plural call. 



* Vide " Nests and Eggs," p. 236, where I have wrongly, it would appear, attri- 

 buted to Captain Cock the taking of this nest. — Ed. 



