SOME BIRDS OBSEUVKI) AT DALKOUSIK. r^BT 



mimerous than H. rustica. Between those dates an occasional i>arty ap[)oar- 

 ed in our garden, as in the case of the other species. 



Only a few small parties were seen along the tonga-road on 28th August. 

 On two or three days in September a single individual appeared in the 

 garden where it was seen to settle occasionally and pick up food from the 

 grass on the Badminton Court. 



8oj). The <«rey Wagtail — Motacilla melanopc, Pall. 



Noted as follows on the autumn migration : — 



2^th Auc/ust — 6 individuals seen along the tf)Uga-road in various places 

 above Dunera, 



'60th Aufjust — One seen in our garden by the Upper liakrota Mall. 



7th H('pt('t)ib('r — One seen in our garden by the Upper L'akrota Mall. 



\S)th September — One bird and two others seen on the U])por Jiakrota Mall. 



946. The West Himalayan ycaly-belliod Oreen Woodpecker Y/VcmM.s 

 stjuamatus, (Vig.), 



A few of these Woodpeckers were met with both in June and Septonber. 



!>61. The Western Himalayan Pied Woodpecker — Dendrocopun hima- 

 lai/ensis, (Jard. and Sebly.). 



The commonest Woodpecker in Dalhousie in both Jinie and September ; 

 it comes freely into gardens. 



969. The Brown-fronted Pied Woodpecker — Dendroeapui^ auricepn, (Vig.). 



A male was shot on Upper J3akrota on 9th September, and another in- 

 dividual was seen by the tonga-road near Nana Khad on 28th August. The 

 species would seem to be much less common here than in Murroe Hill 

 station where it is most abundant. 



1006. The Great Himalayan \idi.vhiit- Mefjalcema mar!ihulAorv,vi,, (Swinh.). 



A few were seen or heard in both June and September. 



1068. The Alpine Swift — (Jypnelwi melha, (Linn.). 



I believe I saw an Alpine Swift flying over Bakrota on 9th September, but 

 was unable to obtain a second view of it. The species is to be expected 

 there on migration. 



1073. The Common Indian Swift — (Ji/paelwi afflniii, (jlray and Hardw. 



Common at all heights from the plains upwards in May and June. A 

 colony of nests built in our verandah were found to contain fresh eggs on 

 7th June. This colony still sheltere<l a few birds in September in spite of 

 eflForts which had been made to drive them away. Only a few birds were 

 noticed along the tonga-road on 28th August. 



Nightjar — Caprimul/jUH, sp. 'f 



On 4th September a Nightjar was seen flying above the U'pper Bakrota 

 Mall at dusk. 



1104. The Cuckoo — ('ucuImh cunorua, Linn. 



The Cuckoo was frequently heard calling in the jungles around Jiakrota 

 in June, but it was not observed on my second visit with the possible excep- 

 tiori of one seen near Tukoh stage of the timga-road on 28th August. 



1 10-5. The Himalayan Cuckoo — Cucul/ua fiaturatun, Hodgs. 



On Bakrota in June a second species of Cuckoo was not uncommon, 

 which from its Hoopoe-like call 1 attribute to this species. 



1129. The Sirkeer Cuckoo — Taccocua leHchenauUi, Less. 



A curious bird seen on the tonga-road on 28th May at the beginin'ng of 

 the foot hills near Nurpur was probably of this species, which 1 have not 

 otherwise met. 



1139. The Western Blossom-headed Paroquet — PaloiarniH cyanocfphaluH, 



Found commonly on Bakrota in June and also met with in the foot-hills 

 along the tonga-road. Not observed in September. 



1186. The Collared Pygmy Owlet — Glaucidium hrodiei, (Burton.). 

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