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young were found on Peel Mountain near Kach in May 1913 by Lieut, 

 Shepheard, Essex Regiment, when the Regiment was in Camp near Kach 

 for training. There are 3 specimens of this species in the MacMahon 

 Museum at Quetta. I have been told that the yellow-billed Chough has- 

 been observed in Baluchistan, but this requires confirmation. No specimen 

 has to my knowledge been obtained. 



7. Parus atriceps. — The Indian Grey Tit. [31]. 



Common in summer in the higher mountains of Baluchistan, where it 

 breeds. I saw many young birds in the nesting plumage at Ziarat in June 

 and July, [n winter it is common in the Quetta Valley, frequenting the 

 gardens and orchards. There is a specimen of this species in the Mac- 

 Mahon Museum at Quetta. 



8. u^githaliscus leucogenys. — The White-cheeked Tit. [37]. 



Common in the higher mountains of Baluchistan in summer. I saw many 

 young birds in nestling-plumage in June and July at Ziarat, and obtained 

 one specimen. I never observed it in the Quetta Valley. 



9. Lo2)hophanes melanoloplius, — The Crested Black Tit. [44]. 

 Common at Ziarat in summer, and breeds there. I saw many young 



birds in nestling plumage in June and July. I obtained 2 specimens, one 

 in adult, and one in nestling plumage at Ziarat in June 1912. I never 

 observed it in the Quetta Valley. 



Crateropodid^.. 



10. TrocJialopterum lineatum. — The Himalayan Streaked Laughing 



Thrush. [99J. 

 Frequents the bushy nullahs in the higher mountain valleys near Ziarat. 

 though not in large numbers. I obtained a specimen, which I presented 

 to the MacMahon Museum at Quetta, in June 1912, near Ziarat, and 1 feel- 

 sure that it breeds there. 



11. Myioplioneus temminc'ki. — The Himalayan Whistling Thrush. [1871 1. 

 Frequents the mountain streams in Baluchistan, and undoubtedly breeds 



in their neighbourhood. I saw a pair, which must have been nesting close 

 by, several times in the Sandeman Tangi near Ziarat. Several were shot 

 in 1913 by Capt. Meinertzhagen, Royal Fusiliers, and 3 of his specimens 

 are in the MacMahon Museum at Quetta. 



12. Molpastes leucotis. — The White-eared Bulbul. [285]. 



Frequents the gardens and orchards in the Quetta Valley during 

 summer, but not in large numbers. I think it certainly breeds there. It 

 stays fairly late in the year, and I obtained a specimen in my garden in 

 Quetta in November 1913. There are two specimenb of this species in the 

 MacMahon Museum in Quetta. I believe this species migrates to lower- 

 valleys, perhaps even to the plains of Sindh, during January, February and 

 March. It appears to return in April. 



SiTTIDiE. 



13. Sitta teplironota. — The Eastern Rock Nuthatch. [322]. 



Very common about the valleys of Baluchistan, where there are running 

 streams, and these birds build their curiously-shaped nests of mud against 

 the rock-faces, and stick feathers, often of bright colours, onj the outside,. 



