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ground and composed of dried grass lined with hair and small particles of 

 moss. Eggs, turquoise blue, measure !20-5-21 X 15'0 mm. 



The Rufous-loreasted Accentor, Laiscopus stropUatus jerdoni. 



Nest with 3 eggs taken on 6th July 1919 near Suru at an altitude 

 of about 11,000 feet. Nest and eggs similar to above. Eggs measure 

 20-5 X 14-5-15 mm. 



i^dam's Mountain-Finch, MontifvimjiUa nivalis adamsi. 



Nest taken at Mashoo near Leh on 9th June 1919 containing 4 eggs 

 much incubated. Nest on the ground underneath a large stone, built of 

 dried grass and lined with a profusion of feathers. Eggs pure white and 

 measure 2i'-23x 16-16-5. Altitude 11,500 feet. 



A second nest at the foot of the Foti La near Lamayuru in a 'mani ' wall 

 contained feathered yoimg on 23rd June 1919. A third nest also with 

 young was found in a cleft in the rocky hillside at the foot of the Namika 

 La on 24th Juue 1919. This bird is not uncommon in Central Ladak and 

 affects rocky nallah beds, especiallj^ those which contain water, at an 

 altitude of 10,000—13,000 feet. 



Blandford's description of this bird breeding in lony di/Ices in which the 

 Tartars bury their dead probably refers to the ' mani ' walls, so common 

 a feature of Ladak scenery ; but I do not think they enclose Tartar dead 

 but are erected rather to commemorate some pious Lama. 



P House Sparrow, Passer ?- 



A species of House Sparrow is common in Central Ladak, and was seen 

 also around the Champa encampments on the shores of the Tsokr Chumo 

 Lake in Rupshu at an altitude of 15,000 feet. I regret I did not secure 

 specimens. Passer chinomomeus does not cross the Western Himalayan 

 Range — at least I did not encounter it, although it is common in the 

 Ward wan. 



The Eastern Meadow-Bunting, Emheriza stracheiji. 



Nest containing two fresh eggs taken in the Rungdnm Valley near Suru 

 on 4th July 1919 at an altitude of about 13,000 feet. Eggs measure 23*25 

 —23x16-50 mm. 



The Crag-Martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris. 



Common but nests in most inaccessible places. Took a single egg from 

 a nest in the Wakka Nallah on 27th June 1919, at an altitude of 12,000 

 feet. Egg white with reddish-brown spots. Measures 20 X 14-50 mm. 



Hodgson's Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba Iwdcjsoni. 



Common. Nest, at Bhot Karbu on 23rd June 1919, built on the ground 

 underneath a stone in a dry portion of the river bed, containing 3 newly- 

 hatched young and one egg on the point of hatching, At Bazgo near Leh 

 on 19th June 1919, I saw parent birds feeding young out of the nest. 



Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail, Motacilla citreola dtreoloides 



X(?mr''\'^^c?aT^''^} ^^f-^^'.^'-"'^ S"^^^ in svvampy localities 'between 

 10,000 and 13,000 feet. Nest u. the majority of cases on the ground 

 amongst long^ green grass and small bushes, occasionally in a bank 

 I'l'^T^r '^V^^'V^IS^-^-^^^ IJne^^ ^^^ith hair. Numerous dutches taken. 

 At Shushot near Leh I found this bird building on 11th June 1919 At 

 Mu Ibek on 24th June 1919 I took a nest of 4 fresh eggs At Se vm!;e tf 

 Parkutse above Suru on 5th July 1919 I found this bfrd breeding in abund 

 ance near the water channels in the fields. The normal clutch appears to 

 be 4 but two nests were found here each containing one incubated e4 a 



ffiffl '"'Vf^ ""l' ^""''» T' ^ ^°"^*h ^"^h one e|g and one youno fne 

 a fifth with 3 fresh eggs and a sixth with 4 much incubated eaas ° ' 



