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Cyornis unicolor (574).—The Pale Blue Flycatcher. 
This bird has not been recorded west of Sikhim and hence its occurrence in 
Garhwal is of some interest. I obtained a specimen in April at 5,500’ elevation. 
in the Parson Gadh which is a side valley of the Pindar river, and the skin was 
afterwards kindly identified for me at the British Museum. This was the only 
occasion on which I came across this beautiful flycatcher and it is therefore pro- 
bably rare in these parts. It was found frequenting rather dense forest. 
Culicicapa ceylonensis (592).—The Grey-headed Flycatcher. 
This bird leaves the hills during the winter months and returns about the end 
of February or beginning of March at which season its cheery little song is con- 
stantly heard in the lower valleys of the outer hill ranges. By the middle of 
May nesting operations are in full swing. Blanford says that the nest is built 
against a rock or tree, but the former must be very exceptional in Garhwal, 
where out of nearly a dozen nests which I have seen all have been placed against 
a tree trunk. I have found nests at all heights from 2 to 40 feet above the 
ground. ‘Trunks of oak trees seem to be special favourites, probably on account 
of their convenient rough bark. The nest is a deep cup composed entirely of. 
fine green mosses which are lightly woven together on the outside with spider’s 
web. The rim of the cup is prolonged some two or three inches on each side 
in a vertical direction up the tree trunk thus giving considerable support to the 
nest, and occasionally these prolongations actually meet above to form a sort of 
projection over the egg cavity. 
Chelidorhynx hypoxanthum (603).—The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. 
This graceful little bird may be seen during the cold weather months along the 
main valleys where the elevation is only 1,000’ to 3,000’. It breeds however at 
high altitudes, and on 29th June I found a nest with 3 fresh eggs in the middle 
of a large forest at 11,500’ elevation. It was placed about 15’ from the ground 
at a distance of a few feet from the main stem on the horizontal branch of a fair- 
sized silver fir tree. The nest was a deep cup with rather thick walls, the exter- 
nal diameter being about 3” whilst the cavity only measured 1” diameter and 13” 
deep. It was composed of green moss thickly adorned with lichen which was. 
attached by means of spider’s web, and lined with moss fructifications. The eggs 
are a very pale pinkish white clouded in more or less of a ring round the larger 
end with pinkish brown and average *57” x °43”. 
Rhipidura albicollis (605).—The White-throated Fantail Flycatcher. 
Found along streams and valleys all over the outer and central hills at least 
as far north as the Pindar valley where I found a nest on 25th April at 5,500” 
elevation. 
Saxicola enanthe (624).—The Wheatear Chat. 
On the 16th April I shot a female at about 6,000’ elevation in Ranigarh patti 
in central Garhwal, and the skin was identified for me at the British Museum as. 
S. enanthe atrigularis. This species was never seen on any other occasion. 
Henicurus maculatus (630).—The Western Spotted Forktail. 
Common, and found over all the lower, central, and some of the inner ranges. 
Blanford also includes Garhwal within the habitat of H. immaculatus but I 
never succeeded in identifying this species and if it occurs in Garhwal I think 
it must be rare or very locally distributed. 
Ruticilla frontalis (639).—The Blue-fronted Redstart. 
In August I found these birds not uncommon on the hillsides round Niti 
village frequenting bare stony ground, with large rocks scattered about, and 
grassy patches between—-but no bushes. Amidst such surroundings they were 
observed from 11,500’ to 13,500’ elevation, and at the former altitude I found a 
nest on 20th August built inside a crevice in a stone wall and containing half- 
fledged young ones. During the cold weather months these birds are common 
all over the outer and central hill ranges between 4,000’ and 7,000’ elevation, 
often amongst cultivation. 
