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approach and on occasion sings from the summit of some exposed pole or branch. 
O^ving to the lateness of the season it did not appear worth while searching for 
nests before my departure. 
The Brown Bush-warbler — Horeites pallidas. Brooks. 
A male was shot near Gaiiii on April 2nd as it was creeping about in some bushes 
by the roadside. 
The Indian Lesser White-throat Sylvia ciirruca affinis, Blyth. 
Not observed before April 11th : but from that date onwards until my depar- 
ture on May 12 small numbers seemed to be passing through Srinagar to the 
breeding quarters. At the same time however, at least as early as April 20th 
the lower slopes of the range of hills just behind Srinagar were tenanted by birds 
which from their behaviour, singing courting and quarreUing, appeared to have 
reached their breeding quarters and were preparing to nest. Many old nests 
seen in bushes on these hill sides were probably of this species. 
Although I have assigned these birds to Sylvia curruca, affinis it is with some 
hesitation. It is well known that some race of Lesser White-throat breeds in 
Cashmere in considerable numbers, and in the literature of the subject they 
are always caUediSylviffl affinis but the breeding range of this race as given in the 
Vogel Pal : Fauna does not include Cashmere, and the only specimen that I 
obtained, which was killed by accident, pi’oved on comparison to be an example 
of Hume’s Wliite-throat, Sylvia althaea. It was unfortunate that no series was 
obtained, but at the time I was under the impression that there was no doubt 
regai'ding the identity of the Cashmere breeding race, and I was un\villing to 
devote any of the short time at my disposal to collecting so common a bird. 
The Least White-throat — Sylvia curruca niinula, Hume. 
A White-throat seen but unfortunately not procured on a stony hillside, 
about 6,000 feet, on April 27th was attributed to this race : it was doubtless on 
passage. 
Hume’s White-throat — Sylvia althrea, Hume. 
As mentioned above, a male was obtained on 24th April on the hillside above 
Pendreathan about 6,000 feet. 
The .Siberian Chiii Chaff — Phylloscopus collybita trisiis, Blyth. 
The .Siberian Chiff Chaff was passing through Siinagar throughout the whole 
of the six weeks that I was there. The greatest rush appeared to occur roughly 
during the 10 days from the 13th to the 22nd of April, but the species was 
sufficiently common on most days. It was very partial to the hnes of osiers in 
the Dhal lake, in addition to being found in the ordinary haunts of the other 
Willow-wi’ens. 
The Yellow browed Willow-wren — Phylloscopus inornatus humei (Brooks). 
This species, like the last, was passing through Srinagar during the whole of 
jny stay, and the two together must have included the vast majority of the 
migrating Willow-TVTens which was one of the marked features of the Avifauna. 
The period of their greatest abundance was perhaps a few days later than in 
the ca.se of P. c. tristis. 
The Olivaceous Willow- wren — Phylloscopus griseolus (Blyth.) 
This Wdlow-WTen passed through Srinagar on its spring, migration in small 
numbers and was noted by me on various dates from April 19th until May 
10th. Unlike the vast majority of the migrating Phylloscopi, which congre- 
gated in the willow groves that are so widespread a feature of .Srinagar, this bird 
was chiefly found singly or in small parties in open ground on hillsides amongst 
the scrub and low bushes of the boulder-strewn slopes. 
The Large Crowned Willow-wren — Phylloscopus occipitalis occipitalis (Blyth.) 
Tills species was not noticed until April 26th but from that date onwards 
until my departure, it was met with in small numbers amongst the rush of migrat- 
ing willow-wrens. 
