3. _Graculus eremita_. The red-billed chough. In summer this species is not usually found much below elevations of 11,000 feet above the sea-level. 4. _Pyrrhocorax alpinus_. The yellow-billed chough. In summer this species is not usually seen at elevations below 11,000 feet. 5. _Garrulus bispecularis_. The Himalayan jay. Not so abundant as in the Western Himalayas. 6. _Parus monticola_. The green-backed tit. A common bird. Very abundant round about Darjeeling. 7. _Machlolophus spilonotus_. The black-spotted yellow tit. This is very like _M. xanthogenys_ (the yellow-cheeked tit), which it replaces in the Eastern Himalayas. It is distinguished by having the forehead bright yellow instead of black as in the yellow-cheeked species. It is not very common. 8. _AEgithaliscus erythrocephalus_. The red-headed tit. Very common at Darjeeling. 9. _Parus atriceps_. The Indian grey tit. THE CRATEROPODIDAE OR BABBLER FAMILY Since most species of babblers are notoriously birds of limited distribution, it is not surprising that the kinds common in the Eastern Himalayas should not be the same as those that are abundant west of Nepal. 10. _Garrulax leucolophus_. The Himalayan white-crested laughing-thrush. This is the Eastern counterpart of the white-throated laughing-thrush (_Garrulax albigularis_). This species has a large white crest. It goes about in flocks of about a score. The members of the flock scream and chatter and make discordant sounds which some might deem to resemble laughter. 11. _Ianthocincla ocellata_. The white-spotted laughing-thrush. This is the Eastern counterpart of _Ianthocincla rufigularis_. It has no white in the throat, and the upper plumage is spotted with white. It is found only at high elevations in summer. 12. _Trochalopterum chrysopterum_. The eastern yellow-winged laughing-thrush. This is perhaps the most common bird about Darjeeling. Parties hop about the roads picking up unconsidered trifles. The forehead is grey, as is much of the remaining plumage. The back of the head is bright chestnut. The throat is chestnut-brown. The wings are chestnut and bright yellow. 13. _Trochalopterum squamatum_. The blue-winged laughing-thrush. This is another common bird. Like all its clan it goes about in flocks. Its wings are chestnut and blue. 14. _Grammatophila striata_. The striated laughing-thrush. A common bird, but as it keeps to dense foliage it is heard more often than seen. Of its curious cries Jerdon likens one to the clucking of a hen which has just laid an egg. The tail is chestnut. The rest of the plumage is umber brown, but every feather has a white streak along the middle. These white streaks give the bird the striated appearance from which it obtains its name. 15. _Pomatorhinus erythrogenys_. The rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler. 16. _Pomatorhinus schisticeps_. The slaty-headed scimitar-babbler. This is easily distinguished from the foregoing species by its conspicuous white eyebrow.