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2o. Sturnus UNicoLOR, Marmoi'a. 



Very common in the Valley of Cashmere. Its nest is built of 

 dried grass, and placed in holes of decayed trees. Gregarious. 



26. Sturnus vulgaris, Linn. 

 Valley of Cashmere ; common. 



27. Sturnia pagodarum (Gmel.). 



Pretty common on the lesser ranges southwards of the valley. 



28. ACRIDOTHERES GINGINIANUS (Lath.). 



Sometimes in the valley, but oftener seen on the ranges southward. 

 Gregarious. 



29. AcRiDOTHERES TRiSTis (Linn.). 



Very common in the valley and in the villages on the lesser 

 ranges. 



30. Pal^ornis alexandri (Linn.). 



On the wooded slopes of the lesser ranges southward of Cash- 

 mere ; not common. 



31. PALiEORNIS TORQUATUS (BrisS.). 



Common in all wooded districts on the lesser ranges and in the 

 Valley of Cashmere. 



32. pALiEORNIS SCHISTICEPS (HodgS.). 



Never seen out of the mountains ; least common of all the species 

 named. 



33. Pal^ornis cyanocephalus (Linn.). 

 Pretty common in and out of the valley southwards. 



34. Bucco grandis (Gmel.). 



Seen frequently in the dense jungles on the lesser ranges and in 

 the Valley of Cashmere. Flight very rapid ; cry loud and harsh. 



33. Picus SQUAMATus, Gould. 



Woods and forests of Cashmere, and the lesser ranges ; pretty 

 common ; solitary in its habits. 



36. Picus himalayanus, Jardine and Selby. 



Forests of Cashmere, and likewise occasionally in the jungles 

 southward ; common. 



37. Picus ? 



Seen on one occasion in a pine forest of the Northern Cashmere 

 Ranges. About the size of the lesser Woodpecker : head white ; 

 neck and breast bluish-black ; belly and vent red. 



