1900.] H. J. Walton— Notes on birds collected in Ktimaon. 159 



261. Psaroglossa spiloptera. — Mr. Oates separates this bird from 

 the Starlings, and he is no doubt right. All the same its habits are 

 very like those of Mynas, except that it is never seen on the ground. 

 It is very noisy and flies about in flocks. It has a very harsh call-note. 

 A young bird had brownish irides. 



269. ITypsipetes psaroides. — Very common at moderate elevations. 

 It has many different, mostly harsh, notes. One of them is like the 

 " mew " of a young kitten. 



283. Molpastes intermedins. 



284. Molpastes leucogenys. — This and M. intermedins are the com- 

 mon Bulbuls of Kumaon : they do not occur much above 6,000 feet. 



315. Sitta himalayensis. — Very common and generally distributed. 

 It is a wonderful tree climber, and progresses with equal ease, 

 vertically, upwards, or downwards. 



316. Sitta cinnamomeiventris. — Replaces 8. himalayensis at the 

 lower elevations : very common at Naini Tal. 



325. Sitta frontalis. — I obtained only one specimen in the Almora 

 district. 



328. JDicrurus longicaudatus. — The Ashy Drongo is very common 

 throughout the district. The iris in young birds is dark brown. 



341. Certhia himalayana. — Common everywhere. It has a rapidly 

 repeated note, which is very loud for such a smrtll bird. 



343. Certhia nepalensis. — I obtained one specimen, a male, near 

 STosliimath, Garhwal, on June 6th. The testes were so large that it 

 was probably breeding then. This Tree-Creeper does not appear to 

 have been previously recorded west of Nepal. 



382, FranJclinia gracilis. — Franklin's Wren- Warbler was common 

 at moderate elevations. 



405. Phylloscopus ajjinis. — Tickell's Willow-Warbler was very com- 

 mon and breeding in Garhwal, above 8,000 feet : it has a loud song. 



418. Phylloscopus humii. — I am uncertain whether a Willow-Warbler 

 that I obtained should be referred to P. superciliosus or to P. humii : the 

 coronal band is certainly quite distinct, and, therefore, according to 

 " The Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds," vol. i, page 410, more resembles P. super- 

 ciliosus. On the other hand, the second primary is intermediate in 

 length between the eighth and ninth, and the bird should therefore be 

 P. humii (loc. cit., p. 411). According to the geographical distribution 

 given by Mr. Oates, it is more likely to be P. humii. Even with the help 

 of Mr. Brooks's paper in Str. Feath., vol. vii, on the subject, the 

 identification remains undecided in my mind. 



422. Acanthopneuste viridanv.s. — Common. 



428. Acanthopneuste occipitalis. — Another common species at rather 



