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BIRDS OF PACHMARHI., 
By 
B. B, Osmaston. 
(With two plates.) 
The Station of Pachmarhi is situated in North Latitude 221° , East 
Longitude 783°, on a plateau in the Satpura Hills, the Highlands of 
Central India, at an elevation of about 3,500 feet above Sea level. 
This plateau, which is about 7 square miles in extent, is surrounded by a 
number of hills, the highest of which, Dhupgarh, attains a height of 
nearly 1,000 feet above the plateau. The surrounding country which 
is much broken up by precipitous gorges and ravines includes some of 
the most beautiful scenery in India. The deeper ravines all contain 
perennial streams, with a moist tropical flora including tree ferns. The 
flora of the plateau and surrounding hills consists in part of rather 
open mixed deciduous forest, broken up by grassy glades, and in parts 
of Sal forest. 
The rock is a red sandstone. The climate is cool for 9 months in 
the year, and hot only from about the middle of March to the middle 
of June. 
The rainfall is about 75 inches, nearly all of which falls between 20th 
June and 20th September, the monsoon months, which are rainy, 
misty and cool. 
In the following Jist the numbers are those of the birds in the 
Fauna of Britsh India. 
4. Corvus macrorhynchus.—The Jungle Crow. 
Common in and around Pachmarhi where it breeds in April. 
7. Corvus splendens.—The Indian House-Crow. 
Very common in Pachmarhi. Breeds in June. 
16. Dendrocitta rufa—The Indian Tree-pie. 
Very common on the plateau. Breeds April—May. 
31. Parus atriceps.—The Indian Grey Tit. 
Fairly common. A resident. 
43. Machlolophus haplonotus—The Southern Yellow Tit. 
Rather more numerous than the last. Also resident, breeding 
in April—May. 
107. Argya malcolmi—The Large Grey Babbler. 
Not found on the Pachmarhi plateau proper, but occurs on the 
adjoining plateau near the Begum of Bhopal’s Bungalow. 
110. Crateropus canorus.—The Jungle Babbler. 
Extremely common in the Station and all over the plateau. 
121. Pomatorhinus obscurus—Hume’s Scimitar Babbler. 
This bird is not found on the Pachmarhi plateau or surrounding 
hills or valleys with the exception of Dhupgarh, where it is common 
in the thick strobilanthes cover near the summit. 
135. Dumetia hyperythra—The Rufous-bellied Babbler. 
Rather rare on the slopes of the hills below Pachmarhi at about 
2,500 feet. 
