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occupying over a year was undertaken from Ladak iuto Eastern Tur- 

 kestan, and north to the Thian-Shan Mountains. Eeturning in the 

 spring of 1894, he passed several mouths in the Tagdumbash Pamir. 



Dr. Abbott lias now returned to Madagascar, makiug his headquar- 

 ters in a little-known part of that vast island, and his labors in this fas- 

 cinating field will undoubtedly bring to light many interesting things. 



The collections sent from the region embraced in the present paper — 

 Kashmir, Baltistan and Ladak — number 746 well-prepared specimens, 

 referable to 188 species, of which one, a CyaHecula, is apparently new. 

 A number of the species are rare and of unusual interest, and the speci- 

 mens, with a few unimportant exceptions, are accompanied with accurate 

 data and notes on the colors of fading parts, measurements, etc. In 

 view of this, it has been deemed worth while to present a complete cata- 

 logue of the collection, including the collector's notes on the labels of 

 the specimens. 



The localities visited by Dr. Abbott are in many instances those 

 already well known through the work of Drs. Stoliczka, Scully, Major 

 Biddulph, and others famous in Indian ornithology. A brief itinerary, 

 as collated from the data accompanying his collection of birds, is here 

 inserted. 



The Yale of Kashmir was visited in the latter part of June, 1891, 

 and the succeeding four months were passed there and in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity, with short excursions to the Lolab Valley, Xowboog Val- 

 ley, the Pir Panjal range, Mount Montir, Srinagar, and Woolar Lake. 

 In the early part of oSTovember the Sind Valley and Sonamarg were 

 visited, and shortly after, Dras and the Dras Valley, where, after a short 

 sojourn. Dr. Abbott proceeded to the Indus Valley in Baltistan, which 

 was followed to Skardu, and the Shigar and Braldu valleys, at which 

 latter place the whole month of December was spent. In January, 

 1892, Shigar Valley and Skardu, and Eondu in the Indus Valley, were 

 revisited, and considerable time in February and March was passed at 

 Haramosh. Pojulu, Skardu, Gol, Khartaksho and Tarkuti, in the 

 Indus Valley, were also visited in March, and Dras Valley and Sona- 

 marg were revisited. Most of April was spent in the Vale of Kashmir, 

 particularly at its western end, and collections were made in the Kaj 

 Nag Mountains, Srinagar, Sopor, Woolar Lake, and Gunderbal. A 

 large part of May and a few days of June were passed in the Vale of 

 Kashmir and in the Xowboog Valley. The remainder of 1892 was 

 passed among the islands northwest of Madagascar. In 1893 most of 

 April, May and June were spent in or near the Vale of Kashmir, the 

 Krishnagunga Valley and Mountains being visited ; the latter half of 

 June was spent at Sonamarg, Zogi-bul Pass, Dras, Kargil, Pashgam, 

 Kharbu and Namika-laPass, in Kashmir; and Khardong, Potu-la Pass, 

 Lamayuru, and Indus Valley, in Ladak. The first week of July was 

 passed in Leh, when a short trip to Suget, Eastern Turkestan, was 

 made, followed shortly by a return to Khardong. A few days were 



