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Male, adult, Leli, Ladak. -Inly 1, 1S1»;5: 11,000 feet. -Bill duik red; 

 irides brown/' 



The Ladak sj)eciiiieu is soinewhat lijrliter than the rest of the series, 

 but this is due in part to the worn condition of its plumage. I presume 

 tliis individual represents the form described by Hume and Henderson 

 as Gaccabis palleHcenti. 



lt;7. LOPHOPHORUS REFULGENS, Tcmminck 



:Male, adult, central Kashmir, October Ki, 1891 ; 9,000 feet. -^ Leniith, 

 2<Si inches; weight, 0.]- jjounds; feet greenish brown ; bill dark Inown, 

 paler below and along gape." 



Feniale, adult, central Kashmir, October 15, 1891 ; 9,000 feet. '• Irides 

 brownish gray; feet greenish; length, 24 inches; weight, 3i i)ounds." 



Family ARDElDyE. 

 IfiB. ARDETTA MINUTA (Linnaeus). 



Male, adult. Dal Lake, Vale of Kashmir, May 25, 1893. "Feet and 

 legs pale green; claws horn brown; bill iiorn black above, greenish 

 yellow beneath; irides brownish yellow; length, 14\^ inches." 



Female, adult, Dal Lake, A'ale of Kashmir, May 25, 1893. "Feet 

 and legsgrecMi; bill brownish horn above, brownish yellow beneath; 

 irides brownish >ellow; lengtli, 13^^ inches." 



Female, adult, Dal Lake, Vale of Kashmir, May 25, 1893. -'Hill 

 horn black above, greenish yellow beneath ; feet green ; irides brownish 

 yellow; length, 15 inches." 



l()(t. NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX ( Linnaeus). 

 Male, adult, \'ale of Kashmir, June 3, 1S93. 



Family ANATID.F. 



170. ANAS BOSCHAS, Linnaeus. 



Male, Braldu Valley, Baltistan, l)eceml)er 0, 1891. 



ITL ANAS CRECCA, Linnaeus. 



Male, adult, Vale of Kashmir, winter of 1891-'92. 

 Female, adult, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, November 22, 1891; 8,000 

 feet. "Length, 14=| inches." 



171'. NYROCA NYROCA (Guldenstadt). 



Female, adult, Vale of Kashmir, [May 27, 1893. "Bill, feet, and legs 

 leaden; webs black; irides dirty gray; length, 1<»| iiu;hes." 



