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Female, immature, August 25, 1891. 



Male, immature, August 25, 1891. 



Immature, August 25, 1891. 



Female, adult, April 11, 1892 ; 5,200 feet. " Bill aud feet black ; irides 

 dark brown; length, 9 inches." 



Female, adult, June 1, 1893. " Bill aud feet black, soles pale; irides 

 dark brown ; length, 8^ inches." 



All from Vale of Kashmir. 



Family SYLVIID^. 



78. ACROCEPHALUS STENTORIUS (Hemprich). 



Male, adult. Vale of Kashmir, May 25, 1892. "Tarsi brown; toes 

 l)lumbeous; upper mandible black; lower mandible fleshy; irides pale 

 brown ; length, 8 inches." 



Adult, Vale of Kashmir, May, 1892. 



Fenuile, adult. Dal Lake, Vale of Kashmir, May 25, 1893. "Irides 

 pale brown ; length, 7i inches." 



Male, adult, Dal Lake, Vale of Kashmir, May 25, 1893. " Feet dull 

 leaden, soles pale; irides pale brown; length, 1% inches." 



Male, adult, Dal Lake, Vale of Kashmir, May 25, 1893. " Feet dull 

 leaden, soles pale; upper mandible very dark horn brown; lower man- 

 dible flesh color; irides pale brown; length, 8 inches." 



79. TRIBURA MAJOR (Brooks). 



Male, adult, Sonamarg, Kashmir, June 19, 1893; 9,000 feet. "Bill 

 brownish black above, brownish flesh beneath ; feet i)ale brownish flesh ; 

 irides clear brown ; length, 5f inches." 



Male, adult, Sonamarg, Kashmir, June 19, 1893; 9,000 feet. "Bill 

 blackish brown above, fleshy beneath; irides clear brown; length, G 

 Inches." 



Female, adult, Xubra Valley, Ladak, July 18, 1893 ; 11,000 feet. " Bill 

 black ; feet pale flesh ; irides i)ale brown ; length, G^ inches." 



There is no apparent color difference between the sexes as represented 

 in these specimens, except that in the female the under mandible is 

 black. All of the specimens are conspicuously spotted on the chest, 

 and in this feature ditt'er strikingly from the colored figures accompany- 

 ing Dr. Sharpe's "Aves" of the "Second Yarkand Mission." 



80. SYLVIA CURRUCA ALTH.EA (Hume). 



Male, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, July 10, 1891. 



Male, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, April 20, 1893. " Bill black, 

 base of lower mandible leaden; feet dark fleshy brow^u; irides clear 

 brown; length, 5^ inches." 



Male, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, May 12, 1893; 6,000 feet. 



