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104. Trochalopteron rufigulare (Gould). 



Common in the dense jungles of the lesser ranges ; generally seen 

 in flocks. Call loud and harsh. 



105. Malacocercus lineatus (Tig.)- 



Bushy places on the lesser ranges near the plains of the Punjab ; 

 generally seen in small flocks ; flight feeble, flutters from bush to 

 bush, uttering a low chattering note. 



106. Muscipeta paradisi (Gould). 



Groves and wooded situations in the valley and lesser ranges ; 

 flies with great rapidity ; shy and wary : common. 



107. Hypothymis melanops (Vig.). 



Inhabits dense jungles and bushes on the lesser ranges ; generally 

 single : its chirp resembles the Redbreast's ; and its habits are very 

 much like. 



108. Pericrocotus flammeus (Swains.). 



Seen generally in flocks from fifty to a hundred ; not unfrequently 

 the sexes separate, and flocks composed of males or females only 

 are observed. 



"What more pleasing sight can there be than, in a delightful 

 evening in July, to observe flocks of these beautiful creatures pursu- 

 ing their gambols around the tall walnut trees of a Cashmere hamlet ! 

 Their soft twittering notes and graceful motions have often excited in 

 me feelings of admiration and pleasure, until the Govind Kite or some 

 unwelcome intruder has driven the gorgeous little fairies away." — 

 MS. Notes. 



109. Hemichelidon fuliginosa, Hodg. 



Pretty common in woods and groves in the valley and on the 

 lesser ranges. Its habits closely resemble those of the true Fly- 

 catchers. The young bird is spotted until the first moult. 



110. Sylvia affinis (Blyth). 



In bushy places in the valley ; common. 



111. Phylloscopus tristis, Blyth. 



Pretty common on the lesser ranges in jungles and wooded situa- 

 tions. 



112. Phylloscopus lugubris, Blyth. 

 Same situations as the last ; pretty common. 



113. Abrornis ? 



Common in the woods and thickets of the lesser ranges. Ap- 

 proximates pretty closely to the Abrornis xanthoschistes, Hodgs., but 



