NOTES ON BIRVS OF THE KAGKAN VALLEY. 109 



Mr. Stuart Baker has only heard of one other nest being found in India, 

 viz., in Kashmir by Mr. Crump, Col. Ward's Collector. 



It utters weird cries at this time of the year, one series is rather like the 

 call of the Himalayan Pied Woodpecker but more musical, varied, and pro- 

 protionately louder and on the wing it goes through wonderful evolutions, 

 and give vent to more striking whistling notes. 



1260. Falco subbuteo.— The Hobby. 



I was surprised to find a Hobby's nest on the ridge above Jabba on 18th 

 May. It seeoQS to be a very low elevation (=3,800 ft. ) for this species. 



1380. Lenca nivicola. — Snow Partridge. 



I only met with the Snow Partridge (native name Pa.rahut)in one valley, 

 but there it was comparatively common between 12,500 and 14,000 feet. I 

 have never seen such a delightfully tame, inquisitive game bird. Its mus- 

 cal whistling call was constantly heard. On July 2nd I caught a family of 

 o chicks, but unfortunately they proved too delicate to rear. Next day I 

 stumbled on a hen sitting on 3 eggs. There was no nest, just a hollow 

 unlined scraped under a bush. This differs from those found by Whymper 

 (Vol. XIX, p. 990) in there being no nest and in not being placed on a 

 cliff (the ground however was very precipitous ). The eggs were cream 

 coloiired spotted all over with red. 



On returning to this spot in 1912, I only found a single pair after a pro- 

 longed search and the shepherds assured me that there was only one other 

 pair left in the valley. This is the result of there being no bird or even 

 game preservation laws for the breeding season in these parts. Its confiding 

 habits at this time of the year make it an easy prey. 



