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1st of May contained fully fledged young. The nest is usually placed near the 

 top of an Ilex-bush from three to seven feet above the ground. It is egg- 

 shaped and rather like that of the British Long-tailed Tit, but a good deal 

 smaller and not quite so neat. It is made of moss and cobwebs outside, lined 

 with a little grass, with a thick inner lining of feathers. The opening is 

 usually near the top, but is sometimes nearer the centre. We came across 

 seven nests altogether, the first six containing young, and the seventh a nearly 

 fresh clutch of five eggs, these are pure white, three having a very faint 

 zone of spots round the large end, the remainder being unmarked, and 

 averaging - 58" X '39". The clutch appears to vary from five to eight. The 

 young closely resemble their parents, but the colours are duller, and the black 

 of the chin and throat is replaced by a few indistinct dusky streaks. 



Capt. Keen also observed a pair of these Tits with a newly fledged family on 

 the Samana. 



In habits this species closely resembles the Long-tailed Tit, going about in 

 parties of eight or nine in scrub-jungle continually uttering its calLnote, which 

 may be rendered by the syllables " prit-t-t,'' and often in company with Parus 

 atriceps. 



[44.] Lophophanes melanolophus. The Crested Black Tit. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 46 (abundant in Chitral from 5,000 to 12,000 ft.); 

 Rattray, t. c. p. 422 (common in the Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110 

 (common in Kashmir). 



Very common on the Safed Koh from 6,500 ft. to tree-limit. An early 

 breeder. Major Magrath found a nest containing young on the 25th of April. 

 It has a great variety of notes. 



[91 .] Trochalopterum simile. The Western Variegated Laughing-Thrush. 



Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 47 (resident and very common up to t: ,000 ft. 

 in Lower Chitral) ; Rattray, t. c. p. 422 (very common round Murree, up to 

 10,000 ft.) ; Ward,' op. cit. xvii. p. 422. 



417. Ad. Samana, 5,600 ft., 19th December. 



A resident, but rare. Altogether I met with about a dozen' individuals in 

 one wooded nullah on the northern slope of the Samana, but nowhere else. 

 It is a great skulker ; its loud whistling notes, however, proclaim its presence. 

 Usually found creeping about the densest part of the undergrowth. 



[99.] Trochalopterum lineatum. The Himalayan Streaked Laughing- 

 Thrush. 



Rattray, J. B. N. H. S. xii. p. 337 (common in winter : Thall) ; Marshall, 

 op. cit. xiv. p. 602 (common at 4,000 ft. in February : Quetta) ; Fulton, op. cit. 

 xvi. p. 47 (abundant in Chitral); Rattray, t, c. p. 422 (commonest bird in 

 Murree Hills) ; Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110. 



130, $ ad. Marai, 3,0u0 ft., 25th February. 



579. Sex ? Kohat, 1,760 ft., 13th February. 



63 5. 9 ad. „ „ 1st March. 



653. $ ad. Hangu, 2.700 ft., 8th March. 



