MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 51? 



I was certain, for the old birds had something in their mouths, and after 

 flying a few yards off, would return to a particular tree (the one next tn 

 that on which the nest was situated), and would fly off again. Determined 

 to find the nest, I ordered my man to climb each tree in turn, and make a 

 systematic search on all the branches. While he was thus employed, I 

 examined some of the other branches with a pair of binoculars. After a 

 fruitless search lasting over an hour and a half, I decided to go home, and 

 visit the spot again on the following day. We had just gathered up 

 our guns and other things, and on taking the " last look," I happened to 

 spot the nest. It was placed on the surface of a horizontal bough of 

 a Cedar, about 25-30 feet from the ground. Its outline could only just be 

 seen from below. Needless to say my climber was up the tree like a 

 monkey, and when he got close to the nest, the old birds (who apparently 

 knew for certain by this time that their family were in danger) became quite 

 desperate, and began to behave in exactly the same manner as previously 

 related. 



The nest in this case contained two young ones, fully fledged, both of 

 them flew off the nest as soon as my man got close to it. 



P. T. L. DODSWOBTH, f.z.s. 

 Simla, 7 th July 1910. 



No. IX.— THE HIMALAYAN GREENFINCH. 



Could any ornithologist kindly let me know whether the Himalayan 

 Greenfinch ( Hypacanthis spinoides. Vigors) is a permanent resident at 

 moderate elevations ? 



In the neighbourhood of Simla (7,000 feet), these birds first begin to 

 appear about the middle of July to breed, remain till the end of October 

 and then seem to disappear. Are they subject to a seasonal movement 

 along the Himalayan ranges ? Stoliczka states (J. A. S. B., XXXVII, 

 pt. ii., page 61) that in the lower hills this bird is not uncommon even 

 during the summer months between 5,000-9,000 feet, and is also found 

 associated with the Himalayan Goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps) in Spiti and 

 Lahaul. The latter species appears to be partially migratory, being found 

 in the summer at hiyh elevations extending to W. Tibet, and during the 

 winter months " all along the hill-stations of the lesser ranges." 



P. T. L. DODSWORTH, f.z.s. 

 Carlton Grove, Simla, Vdth July 1910. 



No. X.— NOTE ON THE SPOTTED MUNIA (UROLONCHA 



PUNCTULATAJ AND THE INDIAN RED MUNIA 



(SPORMGINTRUS AMANDAVA). 



This afternoon after a heavy shower of rain, termites started to fly out 

 of a hole near one of my aviaries. They flew straight up and then through 



