496 BIRDS FROM KASHMIR— RICHMOND. voi.xviii. 



Female, adult, Haramosli, Baltistau, February 13, 1892; 9,()0(Meet. 

 " Bill black, base of lower inaudible slaty; feet slaty; length, 9| inches. 

 Only specimen observed in this region." 



The specimens marked immature females, all have red crowns, like 

 the immature males, but in one of them the crown is almost black, only 

 a few scattered red feathers being present. 



147. DRYOBATES AURICEPS (Vigors). 



Female, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, July 12, 1891. 

 Fenuile, adult, Lolab Valley, Kashmir, April 20, 1893. "Feet green- 

 ish slate; bill horn black." 



148. JYNX TORQUILLA, Linnaeus. 



Female, adult, eastern Kashmir, August 15, 1891; 7,000 feet. "Bill 

 brown; feet dark greenish flesh color; irides light orange brown." 



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

 horn brown; feet slaty, with greenish tinge; length, 7^ inches." 



Male, adult. Vale of Kashmir, western part, April 13, 1892 ; 5,500 

 feet. "Bill horn brown; feet dirty yellow, claws brown; irides pale 

 brown." 



Male, adult. Vale of Kashmir, April 14, 1893. "Feet pale fleshy 

 brown, with greenish tinge, claws horn color; bill horn color, dark at 

 tip; irides pale brown; length, 7^; inches." 



Family UPUPID.F. 



149. UPUPA EPOPS, Linnaeus. 



Male, adult. Vale of Kashmir, June 22, 1891. 



Female, adult. Vale of Kashmir, August 10, 1891, 



Female, adult, eastern Kashmir, August 18, 1891 ; 6,000 feet. 



Family CUCULID^. 

 150. CUCULUS CANORUS TELEPHONUS (Heine). 



Male, immature. Vale of Kaslimir, September 1, 1891. "Feet pale 

 yellow ; length, 13^ inches. Extremely fat." 



Female, immature, Vale of Kashmir, August 10, 1891. "Bill black; 

 base of lower mandible yellowish green; irides pale brownish: feet 

 yellow; length, 12 inches." 



Male, adult. Vale of Kashmir, April 27, 1892 ; 0,000 feet. " Bill black ; 

 base of lower mandible greenish yellow; orbital skin orange; irides 

 orange; length, 13^ inches." 



Male, adult. Vale of Kashmir, April 27, 1892 ; 0,000 feet. " Bill black ; 

 lower mandible greenish yellow at base; orbital skin orange; irides 

 orange; feet bright yellow ; length, 13| inches." 



