Described in Grays Catalogue Nepal

Hodgson Volume IV

Page No. / Current Name: / Hodgson Name: / Bird Number / Described in Grays catalogue “Nepal” / Listed in BM catalogue / Breeding described by Hodgson / Location, dates, comments from Hodgson /
1. / Black bulbul / Hysipetes psaroides / No number / 1st N242
2nd / Hypsipetes psaroides / Y / Breeds in valley; 10/1, 30/6, 18/5, 28/5, 8/1 Valley.
2. / Black bulbul / Hysipetes psaroides / 242 / 1st N242
2nd / Hypsipetes psaroides / Y / 9/5 + nest in valley; 20/5 Jahar Powah.
3. / (1) Mountain bulbul / Hysipetes viridis / 243 / 1st N243
2nd 243 / Iole macclellandi / Y / Breeds in valley
(2) Black bulbul / 242 / 1st N242
2nd / Hypsipetes psaroides / 20/10 Valley.
4. / (1) Black headed yellow bulbul / Loxas melano cephalus / 245 / 1st N245
2nd 245 / Otocompsa flaviventtis / 10/1 Lower hills
(2) Ashy bulbul / Itemixus flavala / 244 / 1st N244
2nd / Hemixos flavala / 18/11 Valley; 18/5 hills of terai; 12/1, 1/6, 6/7, 24/8, 10/11 Lower hills.
(3) Mountain bulbul / Hypsipetes viridis / No number / 1st N244
2nd / 18/11 Valley; 18/5 hills of terai; 12/1, 1/6, 6/7, 24/8, 10/11 Lower hills.
5. / Nest of mountain bulbul / Hysioetes viridis / 243 / 1st N243
2nd 243 / Ide macdehand / Y
6. / Ashy bulbul / Itemixus havala / 244 / 1st N244
2nd / Hemixos flavala / 18/6, 24/9, 20/3, 3/2, 24/1, 25/8, 18/5, 10/4 Valley
7. / Striated bulbul / No number / 1st N343
2nd / Aleurus striatus
8. / White throated bulbul / 1st N346
2nd / Crieiger flaveolus / 14/11, 11/1, 26/10 lower hills; 11/1, 27/12 Tarai, 7
9. / White throated bulbul / Griniger havedus / 346 / 1st N346
2nd / Crieiger flaveolus
10. / White cheeked bulbul pencil drawing / Homatornis leucogenys
in pencil / 208 / 1st N208
2nd / olocompsa leucogenys / Y / 28/8, 8/10, 31/10, 18/6, 20/1, 1/11 Valley; 20/6, 24/8, 6 lower hills; 22/7 Central hills eggs big
11. / (1) Red vented bulbul / Homatornis caffer / No number / 1st N207
2nd / Pycnonotus pygaeus / Y / 26/1 valley; breeds in valley; 5/5 Kachar; 25/1, 12/12 Low hills; 18/1 Central hills; 6 nest + eggs.
(2) White cheeked bulbul / Homatornis leucogenys / 208 / 1st N208
2nd / 10/5 Sheopum
12. / Red whiskered bulbul / Homatornis caffer / 209 / 1st N209
2nd 209 / Otocompsa jocosa / Y / 26/10, 6/7; 10/6 Lower hills.
(Also small blue sheet of notes attached to this page refer to Red whiskered?)
13. / Red vented bulbul / Homatornis caffer / 207 / 1st N207
2nd / Pycnonetus pygaeus
14. / Red vented bulbul + nest / Homatornis caffer / 207 / 1st N207
2nd / Pycnonetus pygaeus / 1/7 Valley.
15. / (1) Orange bellied leaf bird / Chloropus hardwickii / 252 / 1st N250-2
2nd / Chlonopsis hardwickii / Y / 20/5, 30/11, 4/6, 21/1, 14/1, 4/6, 20/8 Valley; Lower hills
(2) Gold fronted leaf bird / Chloropsis aurifrons / 253 / 1st N253
2nd / Chlorepsis auritrens / 30/12, 10/11 Lower hills.
(3) Orange bellied leaf bird / Chloropsis hardwickii / No number / 1st N250-2
2nd / Chloropsis hardwickii
16. / Gold fronted leaf bird / Chloropsis aurifrons / 253 / 1st N253
2nd / Chlorepsis auritrens / Notes attached here- unclear which bird they refer to.
17. / Orange bellied leaf bird / Chloropsis hardwickii / 250-251 / 1st N250-2
2nd / Chloropsis hardwickii / Y / 24/8, 15/9, 20/8 Valley; 4/6, 10/5 Rachar; 14/1 Lower hills; 12/1, 4/6. Lower & central hills.
18. / Common iona / Lora scapularis / 711 / 1st 711 central regions of Nepal
2nd / Aegithing? / 4/5 Lower hills; 10/1 central region of hills.
19. / Golden Oriole + nest / Gridus melanoris or gabula / 263 / 1st N262, 263
2nd / Oriolus kundoo / Y / Breeds in Valley, residency gardens 5/6; plains.
20. / Golden Oriole + nest / Oriolus melanoris or galbula / No number / 1st N262, 263
2nd / 25/5 Woods of Valley; 1/6.
21. / Black hooded Oriole / Oriolus hedgsoni / 264 / 1st N264;
2nd 264, 5 / Oriolus melanocephalus / 4/11 Lower hills.
Golden Oriole / Oriolus galbula / 263 / 1st N262, 263;
2nd / Oriolus kundoo
22. / Nest of black hooded oriole / Oriolus hedgsoni / 264-65 / 1st N264; 2nd 264, 5 / Oriolus melanocephalus / Y
23. / (1) Maroon oriole / Oriolus traillii / 260 / 1st N260, 261
2nd / Oriolus traillii / 16/10, 8/5, 25/10, 20/5, 3, 20/10 Lower hills, Valley.
(2) Black hooded oriole / O. hedgsoni / 264 / 1st N264;
2nd 264, 265 / Oriolus melanocephalus / Y / 4/11; 12/3.
(3) Black hooded oriole / O. hedgsoni / 264 / 1st N264;
2nd 264, 265 / Oriolus melanocephalus.
24. / Maroon oriole / O. traillii / 260-261 / 1st N260,1
2nd / Oriolus traillii / 8/5 Kachar
25. / Pencil drawing / O. traillii / 261 / 1st N260,1
2nd
26. / (1) Pencil drawing / O. traillii / 260 / 1st N260,1
2nd / 20/10
(2) Golden oriole / O. gabula / 262 / 1st N262,3
2nd / C.kundoo / 4 Valley
27. / Magpie Robin / Copsychys saularis / 439-440 / 1st N439, 440
2nd / Copsychus saularis / 4/6 Valley, breeds in valley; 10/12, 18/10 Powah.
28. / Magpie Robin / Copsychys saularis / 439 / 1st N439, 440
2nd / Copsychus saularis / Y / *text off page*
29. / Shama / Macruna celeberrima / 438
731 / 1st N438, 731
2nd / Y / 10/4 Lower hills; 20/4.
30. / White tailed blue robin / Myiomela leucura / No number / 1st N215
2nd 215 / 10/12, 18/10 Powah; Valley.
31. / Grandala / Grandala calicolor / 844 / 1st Nepal, the Cachar 844,
2nd / Sialia calicolor / 15/7; 9 Northern region the Cachars
32. / Indian robin / Thamnobia scapulus / 213 / 1st N213
2nd / Thamnobia camboiensis / Y / 3/11; breeds in Lower hills.
33. / Indian robin / Thamnobia scapulus / 213 / Ban basi
34. / Pied bushchat / Saxicola meloleuca / 420 / 1st N420, 421
2nd / Pratincola caprata / Y / 15/1; Lower hills; breeds in plains.
35. / (1) Stonechat / Saxicola saturatior / 299-301 / 1st N299, 300, 301
2nd / Pratincola mauve? / Y / 8/5 Rachar; breeds in valley; 8/5, 20/1, 10/12, 1/9, 6/4, 10/3, 4/2
(2) Stonechat / Saxicola saturatior / 299-301 / 1st N299, 300, 301
2nd / Pratincola mauve?
(3) River chat / Phoenicurus leucocephala / 297 / 1st N297
2nd / Chaimarrornis leucocephalus / 12/1 Valley; 20/12 Lower hills
(4) Plumbeous redstat / Phoenicurus rubricauda / 298 / 1st 298, 418 Mountains only; / 16/9 Valley.
(5) Stonechats + nest / Saxicola saturatior / 299-301 / 1st N299, 300,301 / Pratincola mauve?
36. / Stonechats + nest / Saxicola saturatior / 300-301 / 1st N299, 300,301 / Pratincola mauve? / Y / Central hills nesting.
37. / Stonechat + nest / Saxicola saturatior / 299-300 / 1st N299, 300, 301
2nd / Pratincola maura / Y / Nesting in valley 6/4
38. / Stonechats + nest / Saxicola saturatior / 300-301 / 1st N299, 300, 301
2nd / Pratincola maura / 4/2 Valley
39. / Hodgson’s bush chat / Saxicola insignis / 812 / 1st N299, 300, 301
2nd / Pratincola maura / 10/1 Plains Segauly
40. / (1) Dark Grey bush chat / Saxicola ferrea / 416 / 1st N413, 416, 417
2nd / Y / Breeds in Valley; 28/5 Valley; 1/5, 8/1 Central mountains
(2) Pied bush chat / Nepali name / 418 / Notodela leucura / Woods + hills of valley
(3) Pied bush chat / Nepali name / 421 / 1st N420, 421;
2nd / Notodela leucura / 10/1 tarai
(4) Pied bush chat / Saxicola ? / 420 / 1st N420, 421;
2nd / Pratincola caprata / Sidde
(5) Dark grey bush chat / No name / 417 / 1st N413, 416, 417; 2nd / 1/11, 20/9 Valley.
(6) Pied bush chat / leucomelura / 419 / 1st N420, 421;
2nd / Notodela leucura / 3/11 Valley.
41. / Dark gray bush chat + nest / Saxicola Ferra / 416-417 / 1st N413, 416, 417;
2nd / Y / 8/4 Central hills, valley
42. / Nest of dark gray bush chat / Saxicola Ferra / 416-417 / 1st N413, 416, 417;
2nd
43. / Hodgson’s redstart / Ruticilla hodgsoni / 403, 405 / 1st N403, 405
2nd / Ruticilla hodgsoni / 10/1, 16/1 Valley.
44. / Hodgson’s redstart / Nepali / No number / 1st N403, 405
2nd
45. / Güldenstädt's Redstart / Chaimarrornis leucocephalus / ?
46. / White threated redstart / Phaenicre schisticeps / 813 / 1st N813
2nd 813 N
(nb 2 species listed in 2nd set) / Ruticilla schisticeps / Kahoolia hill top (6,800’)
47. / (1) Blue fronted redshift / Nepali name / No number / 1st N406, 482, 483
2nd / Ruticilla frentalis / Y / Breeds in valley; 4, 10/1
(4) Blue fronted redshift / Nepali name / 406 / 1st N406, 482, 483
2nd / Ruticilla frentalis / Breeds in valley; 4, 10/1
(2) Blue fronted redshift / No name / No umber / 1st N406, 482, 483
2nd / Ruticilla frentalis / 11 Central hills; 4 forests of central region.
(3) Young of dark gray chat / Saxicola ferrea / 413 / 1st N413, 416, 417;
2nd / 1/6 Central hills; 30/5, 26/7, 6/3 Valley; 14/7
(5) Zitting cisticola / Cisticole subhemalay / 437 / 1st N437;
2nd / Cisticela cisticole / Y / 28/7, 6/12, nest in valley; 5 corn
(6) ♀ Hodgson’s redstart / Phoenicura schistacea / 405 / 1st N403, 405;
2nd / Ruticilla hodgsoni
48. / (1) ♀ Hodgson’s redstart / Phoenicura schistacea / 405 / Ruticilla hodgsoni
(2) Orange fronted redstart / Philomelina nemura cyanura / 407 / 1st N484, 407, 884;
2nd / Tarsiger rutilata / 22/1, 4/2, 4/3, 10/1 valley.
(3) Blue fronted redstar / Phoenicra tricolor OR
P.frontalis / 482 / 1st N406, 482, 483
2nd / Ruticilla frontalis / Y / 10/1 valley.
(4) Blue fronted redstar / Phoenicra tricolor OR
P.frontalis / 483
406
49. / (1) Hodgson’s redstart / Phoenicura ruticilla / 403 / 1st N403, 405;
2nd / Ruticille hodgsoni / 10/1 Valley.
(2) Beautiful niltava / Niltava sundae / 422 / 1st N142, 243;
2nd 142,? / Niltave ? / 20/10, 20/11 Valley.
(3) Orange gorgetted flycatcher / Saxicolina dimorpha strophiata / 424 / 1st N424, 430, 476, 714:
2nd / Siphia strephiata / 7/10, 16/2, 5/6 Valley; 10/3 central hills.
(4) Wren / Troglodytes nipalensis / 396 / 1st N396;
2nd / Anorthura nipilensis / 10/12 Valley.
(5) Black redstart / Phoenicura nipalensis / 404 / 1st N404;
2nd / Rutreilla rufiventris / 15/9 Valley.
(6) Young of beautiful niltavo / N. sundara in pencil / 423 / 1st N142, 243;
2nd 142, 422, 433 / Niltava sundara / 3/11 Central hills.
(7) Orange gorgetted flycatcher / Saxicolina dinorpha steophiata / 430 / 1st N424, 4360, 476, 714;
2nd / Siphia strephiata / 6/1, 15/1 Valley.
(8) Orange gorgetted flycatcher / Saxicolina dinorpha steophiata / 476
(9) Blue headed redstart / Phaenicuna caeruleocephala / 475 / 1st N475; 2nd / Rutreilla caerulocephala / 20/2 Valley; Central hills.
50. / Plumbeous restart / Nepali / 418 / 1st Mountains only 298, 418;
2nd / Valley of Nayakati 8/12.
51. / River chat / Saxicolinae chaimarornis Nepali / 297 / 1st N297: 2nd / Chimarrhornis leucocephale
52. / Orange flanked bush robin / Nepali / No number / 1st N484, 407, 884:
2nd / Tarsiger rufilatus
53. / Orange flanked bush robin / 1st N484, 407, 884:
2nd
54. / Rufous breasted bush robin / Ianthia hyperythra in pencil / 958 / 2nd N958 / Tarsiger hyperythrus
55. / *Text unreadable*
56. / White browed bush robin / Nepali / 924 / 1st N455, 456
2nd 924, 409 / Tarsigar indicus
57. / Golden bush robin / Tarsiger chrysaeus / 408-9 / 1st N408, 409
2nd / Tarsigar chrysaeus / Y / 10/4 Godoweri; nest in central region of mountains.
58. / (1) White tailed blue robin / Muscisylvia leucurus / 215 / 1st N215; 2nd 215 / Notodela leucura / 18/10 Powah; 10/12 Valley.
(2) White tailed ruby thrush / Calliope pectorelis / 214 / 1st N214;
2nd / Erithacus Pectoralis / 10 Powah.
(3) White tailed blue robin / Calliope pectorelis / 215 / Erithacus Pectoralis
(4) White tailed rubythrush / Calliope pectorelis / 214 / 1st N214;
2nd / Erithacus Pectoralis
59. / Bluethroat / Calliope suecicoides / 703 / Erithacus caeruleculus / 4/1, 29/4, 30/12 Valley; 30/12 Lower hills.
60. / (1) Clamorous reed warbler / Acrocephalus brunneus or stentoreus in pencil / 816 / 1st N816; 2nd / Acrocephalus stentorus / 28/1 Tarai
(2) Striated babbler / M. geochrou in pencil / 868 / 2nd; 1st N868 / Argya earlii
61. / Blyth’s reed warbler / Acrocephalus dumetorum in pencil / 818 / 1st N818; 2nd 903 / Acrocephalus dumetorum / 4 central hills; Godaueri; Valley.
62. / Blyth’s reed warbler / Acrocephalus dumetorum in pencil / 903 / Acrocephalus dumetorum
63. / Spotted bush warbler
No spots on breast / Many latin names including Salicaria ?? / 826 / 1st Cachar 826;
2nd / Lusciniola thoracia / 8 breeds in Gosainthen, shows.
64. / Brown bush warbler / C.luteovebtris or Sylviana tribura / 851 / 1st N852
2nd / Luseiniola luteiventris
Listed as separate species in BM catalogue / 9 Cachas only.
65. / (1) Yellow bellied bush / Horornis flaviventris / 849 / 1st N849
2nd / Luseiniola luteiventris
Listed as separate species in BM catalogue / Upper and central hill regions
(2) Smoky warbler / Tribura fulgiventris / 877
pencil / 1st N877
2nd / Lusciniola fulgiviventris / 9 Cachas
(3) Dusky warbler / Tribura fulviventris / 878
pencil / 1st N878
2nd / Lustiniola fuscata / 9 Cachas
66. / Strong footed bush warbler / Horornis fortipes / 850 / 1st V850
2nd 928? Young 900 / Certhia fortipes / Cachas
67. / Rufous capped bush warbler
NB: listed as 2 species in both catalogues, Hischistilatus & H.brun / Horeites brunneifrons / 836,
860 / 1st Cachar 860, 836;
2nd / Certhia brunnefrons / 5, 9 Cachas.
68. / Rufous capped bush warbler / Nepali / 836
pencil / 1st Cachar 860, 836;
2nd / Certhia brunnefrons
69. / ? Rufous capped bush warbler
(does not look like this species) / Horeites pollicaris / 848 / 1st N848;
2nd / Certhia brunnefrons
70. / Tailorbird + nest / Orthotomus longicaudata / 387 / 1st N387;
2nd / Sutoria sutoria / Y / Breeds in plains; 10/1 Central hills
71. / Tailorbird + nest / Nepali / 388 / Y
72. / Gray capped prinia / Prinia cinereocapilla / 890 / 2nd N890 / Cisticola cinereicapilla
73. / Fantail warbler / Hemipterix cisticoloides / 437 / 1st N437;