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spent iu the ISTubra Valley, journeying? toward Sasser Pass, where a 

 short pause was made. Another expedition to Eastern Turkestan here 

 followed, lasting- over a year, and the region under consideration was 

 not ayain visited until September, 1894, when Dr. Abbott st()i)ped a 

 short while at Khardong on his way to the coast. 



Many of the species contained in the Kashmir collections had been 

 provisionally named by Mr. F. L. J. Boettcher,^ upon receipt of the suc- 

 cessive installments, and little has remained for me to do in such cases 

 but to verify those identifications. Mr. W. E. Brooks has, at my request, 

 been kind enough to examine a series of willow warblers and two or 

 three other species, and verify or correct my identifications of the 

 same, for which my thanks are due him.- 



In the matter of classification, I have used, for the sake of conven- 

 ience and to facilitate comparison, the sequence of families and species 

 employed by Dr. Sharpe," but, as will be observed, I have endeavored 

 to adhere closely to the American Ornithologists Union's regulations 

 regarding nomenclature, and have adopted several of Dr. Stejneger's 

 " inconvenient discoveries.'" 



Family TULTUPtlD.F:. 



1. GYPS HIMALAYENSIS, Hume. 



Male, immature, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, December 25, 1891. "Bill 

 greenish: irides light brown; length, 47 inches; extent, 108 inches; 

 weight, 22 lbs." 



Family FALCONID.E. 



2. ACCIPITER NISUS (Linnaeus). 



Female, adult, western Kashmir, July 3, 1891 ; 7,000 feet. 



Male, immature, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, July 12, 1891. 



Male, adult. Vale of Kashmir, August 13, 1891. 



Male, immature, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, January 4, 1892; 8,000 feet. 

 "Bill leaden, black at tip; cere greenish yellow; feet orange, claws 

 black; irides lemon yellow; length, 12^ inches.'' 



Female, iidult, Woota Valley, Kashmir, April 25, 1S92. 



Male, adult, I^aj Marg, Kashmir, May 1(5, 1893. 



3. BUTEO PLUMIPES, Hodgson. 



Male, adult, central Kashmir, September 22, 1891 ; 11,000 feet. " Bill 

 black, becoming light leaden at base; cere yellowish green; feet green- 

 ish yellow, claws black; irides dirty white; length, 20f inches." 



Male, adult, central Kashmir, September 24, 1891 ; 11,000 feet. " Bill 

 black, becoming horn blue at base; edge of gape orange; feet yellow, 

 claws black; irides light brown; weight, 1^ lbs." 



' Mr. Boettcher was temporarily employed iu the Departmout of Birds at tlie time. 

 -His notes, followed liy the initials '-W. l". B.''. will lie found under those species. 

 ■'.Scientifie Ixosults of tlie Second Vaikan<l ^lission: Aves. 



