454 BIRDS FROM KASHMIR— RICHMOND. vol. xviii. 



The two specimens are not in the same plumage, the last being much 

 darker above and below, with nearly uniform chocolate-brown thighs, 

 and ferruginous breast. 



4. BUTEO FEROX (Gmelin). 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, July 31, 1891 ; 13,000 feet. " Bill dark 

 horn; feet and cere yellow; irides pale yellowish white; length, 23i; 

 extent, 57 inches; weight, 2^ lbs." 



Female, adult, Sind Valley, Kashmir, November G, 1891 ; 6,000 feet. 

 "Cere green; feet orange yellow; irides brownish gray; length, 23^ 

 inches; weight, 2i lbs." 



The latter specimen is in the dark " aquiluius " plumage, but the 

 under parts are nearly uniform, without whitish markings on the breast 

 or neck. 



5. GYPAETUS BARBATUS (Linnaeus). 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, October 2, 1891; 11,000 feet. "Upper 

 mandible pale horn color, becoming black at tip; lower mandible 

 leaden; irides straw color; toes dull leaden above; claws dark horn; 

 length, 45 inches; extent, 109 inches; weight, 13^ lbs." 



Female, adult,. BralduYalley, Baltistan, December 28, 1891. "Feet 

 dull leaden; claws black; irides brownish gray; bill leaden; sclerotics 

 orange red; length, 46 inches; extent, 106 inches; weight, 12 lbs." 



6. HALIiEETUS LEUCORYPHUS (Pallas). 



Female, immature, Yale of Kashmir, Woolar Lake, September 6, 1891. 

 "Feet dirty white; claws black; bill black; irides light brown; lower 

 mandible bluish white at base; cere dark leaden blue ; length, 31 inches; 

 extent, 78^ inches; weight, 5 lbs. Abundant about this lake." 



7. MILVUS MELANOTIS, Temminck and Schlegel. 



Female, immature, Yale of Kashmir, August 9, 1891. "Length, 23^ 

 inches." 



Female, immature, Yale of Kashmir, August 22, 1891; 6,000 feet. 

 "Bill black; base of lower mandible bluish white; cere greenish yel- 

 low; feet greenish white; claws black; irides dark brown; length, 25^ 

 inches." 



Female, adult, central Kashmir, September 29, 1891; 11,000 feet. 

 "Bill black, lower mandible greenish yellow at base; gape greenish 

 yellow; feet pale greenish yellow, claws black; cere greenish yellow; 

 irides light brown; length, 24f inches." 



Female, immature, Yale of Kashmir, October 27, 1891; 5,000 feet. 

 "Length, 23f inches." 



8. FALCO SUBBUTEC, Linn^us. 



Female, immature, central Kashmir, September 22,1891; 11,000 feet. 

 "Bill bluish white at base, becoming bhiek atti]): feet and orbital skin 

 yellow; claws black; length, 12a iudies." 



