184 ORNITHOLOGY, 
273. Pericrocotus brevirostris (Vigors). 
This beautiful little bird^ so common throughout the 
plains of Upper India during the cold season^ was met with 
throughout Kashmir, from Jamu to the foot of the Zoji-la 
Pass, in May and June. [G. H.'] 
This species breeds in Kashmir and in the valleys of Bias 
in Kulu, and the Sutlej above Kotegurh. \_A. O. H.'\ 
288. Tchitrea paradisi (Linn.). 
The Paradise Flycatcher :was very abundant in Kashmir 
in May and June wherever there were large shady trees. 
It was seen at Vernag, and was very plentiful about 
Srinagar and the Sind Valley as far as Gond. It was 
never seen after leaving Kashmir. Two nests were found, 
both in the forks of trees — one on an apple-tree, the other on 
a mulberry tree — and high up on small branches. There 
was a single egg in one nest and in the other four. The 
nests were made of very fine hair-like strips of mulberry 
bark, with grass, moss, and cobwebs outside. [G. H.~\ 
Most of the specimens, obtained, both males and females, 
are in the chestnut plumage, or changing from the chestnut 
to the white ; one male — with largely developed testes, 
obviously breeding — has the primaries and secondaries white 
and black, the tertiaries and the whole of the body and tail, 
except one of the central feathers, chestnut ; one of the long 
tail-feathers is pure white just dabbed over with chestnut 
on its outer web towards the point. It is quite clear that 
the change of plumage is effected not by a moult, but by a 
gradual development of colour in the white feather. The 
object of the change is apparently to render the birds less 
conspicuous during the breeding season. \_A. O. H.~\ 
I have already fully described the nest and eggs of this 
species in the Ibis (cf. Birds Nesting in Bareilly in the 
Rains.) [A. O. H.] 
298. Hemichelidon fuliginosa (Hodgson). (PI. IV.) 
Specimens of this curious Flycatcher were obtained at 
Srinagar. [G. H.] 
