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local interest. They were nearly all taken in the mountains 

 lyino- between the head-waters of tlie Sutlej and the Ganges, 

 from 9000 to 17,000 £l. 



"It is a part of the world fairly prolific in bird-life and 

 would well repay further exploiting, but it is a tedious 

 journey there, and the climate, once the monsoon sets in, 

 is abominably rainy. 



'' A good many of these eggs were novelties when I took 

 them first and some may still be so; others I am aware haye 

 since been taken by other collectors. 



"The most interesting of these eggs are probably those of 

 the Grandala [G. ccelicGlor), as possibly throwing some light 

 on the affinities of this little-known bird. 



"Other interesting eggs are those of the Snow Partridge, 

 the Ibidorhynchus , and an Alpine Accentor that may turn out 

 to be a new species or subspecies. 



" The clutch of eggs of Merula maxima is perhaps woi^thy 

 of notice, being remarkably large, and as some writers have 

 refused to recognise even a racial difference in this bird, 

 I may mention that the male bird sliot over this nest was 

 12 inches long, with a wing of 6*25 inches, measurements 

 far exceeding those of Merula vulgaris. 



" The eggs of Oreocincla dixoni are also interesting : this 

 bird having been lately re-named 0. whiteheadii , from 

 specimens from Ka-ghan in N.W. India, where I believe 

 its eggs have not yet been taken.^' 



Eggs of the following species were exhibited, all from the 

 higher Himalayas : — 



Lerwa nivicola, 

 IbidorTiynchvs struthersi. 

 Chelidorhynx hypoxantha. 

 Chimarrhornis leucocej)hahis. 

 Jtuticillafrotitalis. 

 Calliope pectoralis. 

 Adelura cceruleicepliala. 

 Grandala coelicolor. 

 Merula maxima. 

 Oreocincla dixoni. 

 Accentor nepalensis. 

 Trochalopterum variegatum. 



Hodysonius jyhcenicuroides. 

 Cephalopyrusjlanimiceps. 

 Trihura thoracica. 

 „ viandellii. 

 Phylioscopus offinis. 



„ proregidus. 



,, humii. 



Acanthojmeuste viridanus. 



,, plumheitarsus. 



„ magnirostris. 



„ Ingubris. 



,, trocliiloides. 



