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gray; they are only sliglitly" darker than the back, and on the whole 

 I think they should be referred to C. xanthoschista. The adult bird 

 measures — Wing, 2.08 inches; tail, l.()7; tarsus, 0.72; culmeii, 0.38: the 

 young bird — Wing, 2.20 inches; tail, 1.80; tarsus, 0.75; culmeu, 0.38. 

 Mr. Brooks confirms the identification of C. xanthoschista. 



90. HORORNIS PA,LLIDUS (Brooks). 



Male, adult, Kaj Kag Mountains, Kashmir, April 14, 1802 ; 7,000 feet. 

 "Upper mandible dark horn brown; lower mandible paler; feet pale 

 fleshy brown; irides clear brown; length, 5^ inches." 



Male, adult, Lolab Yalley, Kashmir, May 13, 1893; 0,000 feet. 

 " Length, 4^ inches." 



91. REGULUS REGULUS HIMALAYENSIS (Gould). 



Male, adult, Pir Panjal range, Kashmir, August 29, 1891 ; 9,000 feet. 



Male, young, Pir Panjal range, Kashinir, August 27, 1891; 8,000 feet. 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, September 15, 1891; 10,000 feet. 



Male, adult, Haramosh, Baltistan, February 25, 1892; 7,000 feet. 

 ^'Bill black; tarsi dark brown; feet pale brown; irides dark brown; 

 length, 3| inches." 



Female, adult, Haramosh, Baltistan, February 26, 1892; 7,000 feet. 

 "Bill black; tarsi dark brown; toes pale brown; irides dark brown; 

 length, 3 1^6 inches." 



This appears to be a good subspecies, paler and grayer on the back 

 than the ordinary goldcrest of Europe. 



Family TURDID.E. 



92. PRATINCOLA MAURA (Pallas). 



Male, adult, \^ale of Kashmir, June 28, 1891. 



Female, adult. Vale of Kashmir, June 28, 1891. 



Male, adult, Yale of Kashmir, June 29, 1891. 



Male, adult, Lolab Yalley, Kashmir, July 12, 1891. 



Male, adult, Gagangir, Sind Yalley, Kashmir, March 31, 1892; 8,000 

 feet. "Bill and feet black; irides dark brown; length, 5^ inches." 



Male, immature, Gagangir, Sind Yalley, Kashmir, March 31, 1892; 

 8,000 feet. "Bill and feet black; irides dark brown; length, 5 inches." 



Male, immature, Sind Yalley, Kashmir, June 10, 1893; 0,000 feet. 

 "Bill and feet black; length, 5 inches." 



One of the immature males in this series is in the plumage of the 

 female; the other differs slightly in having the bases of the buff throat 

 feathers nearly or quite black instead of dusky gray, and a few black 

 feathers showing on the ear coverts on one side and on the loral region 

 of the other. 



The seven specimens in this collection are apparently of one form, 

 but they are not the same as the bird found in Korea, China and Japan, 



