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This chough appears to be more gregarious than pyrrhocorax I do not 

 remember having seen it in Rupshu, although it possibly occurs there. 



Hume's Lesser White-throated Warbler, -S^i'm a/^7ifea. 



Took a nest containing two fresh eggs at Shushot near Leh on 10th 

 June 1919. Nest cup-shaped, of dried grass lined with a few hairs, 

 and placed in a low bush two feet from the ground. Eggs greemsh-white 

 spotted with yellowish-brown at the broad end, and possessed of a few 

 shitish secondary markings. Eggs measure 18-75x12/0 mm. Altitude 

 10,600 feet. 



Tickell's Willow- Warbler, FhjUoscopus affinis. 



Two clutches each containing four eggs taken m the Wakka JN allah on 

 •>8th June 1919 and 30th June 1919. Eggs slightly incubated. Nests, 

 elonoated ovals composed of dried grass, lined with feathers and with a 

 side "entrance, placed m low bushes about two feet from the ground. Eggs 

 white, sparingly spotted with brownish-red. In the second clutch one egg 

 was pure white. Eggs measure 14-75-16 X 12 mm. Altitude about 12,500 feet. 



The Brown Willow-Warbler, Pliylloscopus coUybita tristis. 



Very common above and below Leh between 10,000 and 12,000 feet. 

 Numerous clutches taken in June and July. Normal number in clutch 4. 

 Nest similar to that of affirms. Eggs, white, spotted with rusty-red, mea- 

 sure 15-5-16x11-5-12 mm. 



The Plain Willow- Warbler, Fhylloscopus neglectus neglectus. 



A sino-le clutch containing four eggs taken at Marshalong near Leh on 

 6th June 1919. Nest of the usual Fhylloscopus type. Eggs, white, spotted 

 with rusty-red, measure 14-5-15 X 12-12-5. Altitude about 11,500 feet. 



The Olivaceous Willow- Warbler, Fhylloscopus indicus indicus. ? 



A single clutch ot 4 eggs taken on 23rd June 1919 at Bhot Karbu. Nest of 

 the usual Fhylloscopus type but placed on the ground amidst grass in the bed 

 of a river. Eggs similar to those of tristis but measure 17-16'5 X 12-11-75 mm. 

 The correctness of this identilication is open to doubt, as I failed to obtain 

 the parent bird after having had two shots at it. From the colouration, 

 size and general behaviour of the bird. I, however, suspected it at the time 

 to be indicus, and Mr. Stuart Baker after having examined the eggs is 

 very much inclined to agree with me. 



The Large Crowned Willow -Wavhlev, Acanthopneuste occipitalis. 



A single clutch of 4 eggs taken m the Wakka Nalla on 28th 

 June 1919. Nest composed of dried leaves and grass lined with thin soft 

 dry strands of grass placed in a low bank beneath the exposed roots of a 

 willow. Eggs, pure white, bluntly pointed at the fine end, measure 16-15-25 

 X 12-50—12-25 mm. Altitude 12,500 feet. 



The Indian Oriole, Oriolus oriolus hundoo ? 



An oriole straggles as far as Leh during the summer but is far from 

 being common. I never met with its nest or secured a specimen of the 

 bird, and it might possibly turn out to be the European Oriole. 



The Siberian Chat, (Enantke pleschanka. 



Two clutches taken, each containing four eggs. First nest taken on 25th 

 May 1919 in a hole in a rock on the Ooti Plain near the Tso-Morari lake 

 at an altitude of 15,500 feet. Second nest taken in a * mani ' wall at Thuo-ji 

 on the Tsokr Chumo lake on 2nd June 1919 at an altitude of 14,900 feet. 



Nests of dried grass lined with a mixture of wool, hair, and 'feathers. 

 In both instances the eggs were hard set with embryos about a week old. 

 Egos, light blue, with small brownish-red spots at the broad end measure 

 21-22 X 15-5-16 mm. ' 



