NOTES ON NESTS, N.-W. PROVINCES. 629 



brought in from another clifF near. The second nest was unapproach- 

 able. 



MUSSOOEEE. 



Himalayan Tkee-pie (Dendrocitta himalayensisX — Very common 

 this year. I obtained five nests, containing fresh eggs, between 23rd 

 May and 10th June, 1896. 



Yellow-cheeked Tit [Machlolophus xanthogenys). — One nest 

 found on the 24th April, J 896, in a deep hole in an oak tree about 

 7,000 feet. The nest was composed of a thick pad of moss, with a lining 

 of thickly-felted pad of hair of various animals. Eggs five in number. 

 I also fou^d another nest with young ones, which I left alone. 



Rufous-chinned Laughing Thrush {Tanthocincla rufigularis). — I 

 found one nest on the 28th May, 1896, about 6,000 feet, in an oak 

 tree near the main trunk about eight feet from the ground. The nest 

 was composed of fine twigs lined with the fibrous bark of some tree. 

 One nest contained three eggs, pure white, with very fine fragile shell, 

 shaped very like eggs of Fomatorhinus erythrogenys. Size, 1*14X 

 •76 — 1-13 X -75 — 1-15 X '76. 



Red-headed Laughing Thrush {Troclialoj: terum erythrocepha- 

 lum). — I obtained a nest of this bird on the 14th May, 1896. This 

 bird has not, I think, been previously noted as breeding so far west 

 as Mussooree. The nest was in a deep well-wooded nullah about 

 5,800 feet. I found the nest on the 12th May, and it contained 2 

 eggs. I left these and again visited the nest and found still only 2 

 eggs, so I took the eggs and the nest, and shot the parent-bird. 

 The nest was in a thick creeper overhanging a rock and about five 

 feet from the ground. It was composed of dried twigs and the roots 

 of some creeper and a good deal of moss on the outside. Next came 

 a layer of dead oak leaves, then a lining of fine grasses and stalks of 

 maiden-hair fern. The eggs were pale blue with a few spots and 

 streaks of reddish-chestnut at the large end. Size, 1*15 X '77 and 

 1-17 X -80. 



Hodgson's Grey-headed Flycatcher Warbler {Cryptolopha 

 xanthoschista.) — Common. Sis nests found from the 16th April to olst 

 May. These contained three or four eggs in each nest. Two more 

 were found with young ones in them and two ready to lay in, but a 

 week later were found to have been destroyed. Eggs white. 



