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BIBDS FBOM KASHMIR— RICHMOND. 



Male, adult, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, January 14, 1892 ; 8,000 feet. 

 "Bill aud tVet black; irides dark brown; length, 19 iuclies.'" 



Male, adult, Haramosb, Baltistan, February 20, 1892; 7,000 feet. 

 "Bill aud feet black; irides dark brown; length, 21 inches.'" 



This series re])resents only one form, apparently the one designated 

 above. The birds are positively not f. coroue, of which two specimens 

 were sent, nor can they, owing to their large size, be C. cuhnmatus. 



Meaanrements of Corvus mavrorhynchus h'vaiUantii (Lesson). 



U. S. If. M, 



No. 



125680 

 125681 

 125679 

 125678 

 126864 

 120860 

 126861 

 126805 

 120803 

 126862 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Female ad. 

 jSIale ad . . . 

 Male ad . . . 

 Male im... 

 Male ad... 

 Male ad . . . 

 Female ad. 

 Male ad . . . 

 Female ad. 

 Male ad . . . 



Western Kashmir 



do 



Central Kashmir 



Pir I'anjal range, Ka.shmir. 

 Indus Valley, Kashmir ... 

 Shigar Valley, Baltistan . . 



do .' 



do 



-do. 



Haramosh, Baltistan . 

 Average 



Date. 



July 2 

 July 8 

 Aug. 2 

 Aug. 22 

 Nov. 15 

 Nov. 23 

 ..do.... 

 Jan. 14 

 ...do .... 

 Feb. 26 



21. PICA PICA (Lnnaeus). 



Male, adult, Dras, Kashmir, November 10, 1891 ; 10,000 feet. " Length, 

 20| inches. Xot observed in Kashmir proper, but noticed as soon as we 

 crossed to Ladak side of Zogi-bul Pass." 



Adult, Indus Valley, Baltistan, November 18, 1891 ; 8,000 feet. " Bill 

 and feet black; irides dark brown; length, 18| inches. Common about 

 all the villages, and very tame." 



Female, adult, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, December 26, 1891; 9,000 

 feet. "Length, 19 inches." 



The Dras specimen is not at all typical, being, in fact, much neai'er P. j). 

 leuconotos than to the present form. The white on the primaries extends 

 from within a half to a quarter of an inch of the tips of the feathers. 

 The Indus Valley specimen is somewhat aberrant in having the three 

 central pairs of rectrices conspicuously tij^ped with white! 



22. UROCISSA FLAVIROSTRIS CUCULLATA (Gould). 



Male, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, July 10, 1891. "Bill yellow; 

 feet orange." 



Male, adult, Vale of Kashmir (western part), April 13, 1892. "Bill 

 yellow; feet orange red; length, 22-4 inches." 



Judging from descriptions alone, and having in mind Dr. Sharpe's 

 comments on the bird, 1 believe this to be a good subspecies of 

 U. favirostris. The latter is said to be "very dark and gray in shade 

 below" ' in its typical state, while the form U.f. cucullata is described as 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 73. 



