1895. 



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restricted russet band on breast (almost obsolete in one of the exam- 

 ples), when compared with specimens of C. wolfii in fresh plumage. It is 

 very interesting to note that C. suecica and the present species are both 

 resident in the Nubra Valley, at the same altitude, as shown by Dr. 

 Abbott's specimens, and as previously recorded by Dr. Sharpe,^ and in 

 one of our specimens of the new form we find two or three of the silky 

 white feathers composing the throat patch to have faint traces of russet. 

 On the other hand, as recorded under the preceding species, some of 

 the examples of that species from this region have white on the throat 

 patch, and a tinge of blue on the lores; they are, however, certainly 

 referable to G. suecica , and not the present species. The three speci- 

 mens of the new form have the bills, tarsi and feet black; more so 

 than in any specimens of G. tvolfU in the National Museum collection. 

 White-spotted Bluethroats have several times been recorded from 

 Ladak and Kashmir as the ordinary G. wolfii, but it is probable that 

 all the resident birds of this region are referable to the form here 

 described. Major Biddulph has found it in the Nubra Valley in June, 

 and at Gilgit, Kashmir, in April,- and Hume^ writes, "In the interior 

 of the Himalayas, north of Ley and the Indus, many si)ecimens have 

 been met with." 



Measurements of Ctjanecula ahbotti. 



* "Length, 5Jiuclies." t" Length, 5^^ inches." * "Length, 5-| inches." 



Measurements of Cyanecrila wolfii. 



U.S.N.M. 

 No. 



77780 

 11.5625 

 115024 



Sex. 



Male ad . 

 Male ad. 

 Male ad. 



Locality. 



Heligoland . 



Nice 



.....do 



Date. 



Apr. 

 Apr. 

 Apr. 



Wing. 



Inches. 



2.80 

 3.08 



2.87 



Tail. 



Inches. 

 2.02 

 2.37 

 2.21 



Tarsus. 



Inches. 

 1.06 



i.on 



1.07 



Expo.sed 

 culmen. 



Inches. 

 .47 

 .49 

 .47 



107. MELODES PECTORALIS (Gould). 



Female, adult. Mount Montir, Kashmir, July 16, 1891: 10,000 feet. 



Male, adult, central Kashmir, July 23, 1801 ; 11,000 feet. 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, July 24, 1801 ; 11,000 Xe^t. 



Male, adult, central Kashmir, July 28, 1801; 12,000 feet. "Bill and 

 feet black; irides dark brown." 



Male, adult, Zogi-bul Pass, Kashmir, June 20, 1803 ; 11,000 feet. '^ Bill 

 black ; feet brownish black ; length, J inches." 



1 Second Yarkand Mission, London, 1891: Aves, p. 90. 



2 The Ibis, 1881, p. G5. 



3 Stray Feathers, VII, 1878, p. 392. 



