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Lieut. C. H. T. Whitehead on the 
usually near the top, hut is sometimes nearer the centre. 
We came across seven nests altogether, the first six containing 
young, and the seventh a nearly fresh clutch of five eggs. 
These are pure white, three having a very faint zone of spots 
round the large end, the remainder being unmarked, and 
averaging -58" x , 39 // . The clutch appears to vary from five 
to eight. The young closely resemble their parents, but the 
colours are duller, and the black of the chin and throat is 
replaced by a few indistinct dusky streaks. 
Capt. Keen also observed a pair of these Tits with a 
newly fledged family on the Samana. 
In habits this species closely resembles the Long-tailed Tit, 
going about in parties of eight or nine in scrub-jungle, con¬ 
tinually uttering its call-note, which may be rendered by the 
syllables “ prit-t-t,” while it is often in company with Parus 
atriceps. 
[44.] Lophophanes melanolophus. The Crested Black 
Tit. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 46 (abundant in Chitral from 
5000 to 12,000 ft.); Battray, t. c. p. 422 (common in the 
Murree Hills); Ward, op. cit. xvii. p. 110 (common in 
Kashmir). 
Very common on the Safed Koh from 6500 ft. to tree- 
limit. An early breeder. Major Magrath found a nest 
containing young on the 25th of April. It has a great 
variety of notes. 
[91.] Trochalopterum simile. The Western Variegated 
Laughing-Thrush. 
Fulton, J. B. N. H. S. xvi. p. 47 (resident and very common 
up to 6000 ft. in Lower Chitral); llattray, t. c. p. 422 (very 
common round Murree, up to 10,000 ft.); Ward, op. cit. 
xvii. p. 422. 
417. Ad. Samana, 5600 ft., 19th December. 
A resident, but rare. Altogether I met with about a dozen 
individuals in one wooded nullah on the northern slope 
of the Samana, but nowhere else. It is a great skulker; 
its loud whistling notes, however, proclaim its presence. 
