160 H. J. Walton — Notes on birds collected in Knmaon. [No. 2, 



high elevations : evidently breeding at about 10,000 feet, at the end of 

 May. 



434. Cryptolopha xanthoschista. — Hodgson's Grey-headed Fly- 

 catcher-War bier is common everywhere. 



458. Suya crinigera. — Common throughout the district. It has 

 an agreeable, but weak song; also a " chiff-chaff "-like call, repeated 

 several times in quick succession. 



475. Lanius nigriceps. — Common in the east of the Almora district, 

 especially about Pithoragarh ; not seen in Garhwal. 



476. Lanius erytlironotus. — Common up to about 7,000 feet. 



495. Pericrocotus brevirostris. — This was the only Minivet I saw ; it 

 is generally distributed. 



505. Campopliaga melanoschista. — I procured specimens and saw 

 this bird almost throughout the Avhole district. 



518. Oriolus Jcundoo. — Common in many of the lower valleys. 



538. Sturnia malabarica. — I only saw this bird once; near Almora. 



549. Acridotheres tristis. — Common in the Almora district: only 

 noticed at Chamoli, in Garhwal, where it was apparently breeding in 

 holes in the cliffs, in company with Oypselus melba and C. affinis. 



558. Hemichelidon sibirica, — I got some specimens near Niti, at 

 about 10,000 feet ; I did not notice it elsewhere. 



568. Cyornis superciliaris.— Common. 



579. Stoparola melanops. — Very common at low elevations. 



592. Culicicapa ceylonensis. — Common. 



595. Niltava macgrigorise. — The Small Niltava is met with among 

 low thick undergrowth in the more open, low-lying valleys of Garhwal. 



598. Tersiphone paradisi. — The " Ribbon-bird " is common in the 

 lower parts of the district. 



603. Chelidorhynx hypoxanthum. — Common, especially in the higher 

 forests. It has the habit of opening its tail out fan-wise, as it hops 

 about bushes. 



608. Pratincola caprata. — Common. 



610. Pratincola maura. — Common. 



615. Oreicola ferrea. — The Dark-grey Bush-Chat is met with from 

 the lowest valleys to nearly 11,000 feet. It was common, in May, about 

 Niti, almost up to the snow line. 



630. Eenicurus maculatus. — Common on the lower streams and 

 about small waterfalls. I saw a couple feeding in a flooded rice field at 

 some distance from running water. It is rather shy and restless, and 

 frequently perches on low bushes near the edge of a stream. The 

 smallest brook suffices to attract this bird. By quietly approaching one 

 of the many culverts that span small streams on the road between Naini 



