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BIBDS FROM KASHMIR— RICHMOND. 



VOL. Win. 



from whicli countries we liave an extensive series. This latter form 

 differs from the birds collected by Dr. Abbott in having a uniformly 

 shorter bill, which is considerably wider at the base. 



93 OREICOLA FERREA (Hodgson). 



Male, adult, Nowboog Valley, eastern Kashmir, May ol, 1892; 7,000 

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



Male, adult, western Kashmir, April 21, 1893; 0,500 feet. "Bill and 

 feet black ; irides dark brown ; length, of inches." j 



Female, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, May 11, 1893; 0,000 feet. j 



94. SAXICOLA PICATA, Blyth. | 



Male, adult, Khartaksho, Indus Valley, Baltistan, March 23, 1892;;, 

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



Male, adult, Tarkuti, Indus Valley, Baltistan, March 25, 1892; 8,000 i 

 feet. " Bill and feet black ; irides very dark brown ; length, 0| inches." 



The first specimen recorded above has a grayish white forehead,, 

 inclining to almost white on the sides, and extending back toward the 

 eye, while the crown hiis a grayish streaked appearance, showing an 

 approach to Saxicola plcata cajnstrafa (Gould). 



95. SAXICOLA PLESCHANKA, Lepechin. (?) 



Male, adult, Kargil, Kashmir, June 21, 1893; 9,000 feet. "Bill and 

 feet black; length, inches." 



Male, adult, Pashgam, Kashmir, Jnnie 25, 1893; 9,000 feet. "Bill 

 and feet black; length, inches." 



The breeding bird of Kashmir is so much smaller than northern 

 examples, that I very much doubt the propriety of caUing the Kashmir 

 specimens 8. 2)leschanl-a. A dozen or more specimens obtained in Kash- 

 mir during summer are present in the il'I'ational Museum series, and 

 all are of this same small form. The much shifted name mono may be 

 applicable to this Kashmir breeding bird, though I doubt it very much. 

 Hume's S. hendersoni came from Yarkand, and, being a fall bird, prob- 

 ably belongs to the northern S. plesclianlia. It is to be hoped that some 

 of the experts on Saxicola will clear up this question. 



Measurements of Saxicola plcsclianha. 



96. SAXICOLA MONTANA. Gould. 



Female, young, Leh, Ladak, July 1, 1893; 11,000 feet, 

 feet black; gape yellow." 



"Bill aiul 



