6. OTOCORTS. 



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the base of the forehead than is usual in Sikhim or Thibetan speci- 

 mens ; but I cannot see how they are to be separated from 0. elwesi, 

 which they resemble in form and size of bill. The whole series of 

 specimens appears to me to belong to 0. ehvesi. Prom Mongolia 

 there is a single specimen of a small race (wing 4-2 inches), and 

 a Gobi specimen has the wing 4-2 inches and the culmen 0"-J5: 

 they seem to indicate the existence of a race with smaller dimen- 

 sions than the average examples of 0. eJwesi. 



Huh. Sikhim and Eastern Himalayas into Thibet and westwards 

 to Kumaon and Knlu ; Turkestan to the mountains of Mongolia and 

 Northern China. 



a. cJ ad. sk. Kangra Lama Pass, Sikhim, 



Oct. 6. 



h. 5 ad. sk. Kaugra Lama Pass, Oct. 4 (//. 



/. Elwes). 

 c, d, e. cJ ad. ; Sikhim (L. Mandelli). 



f-i. Pull. -sk. 

 k-n. J ad. ; o-s. Sikhim, Oct. (Z. Mandelli). 



Juv. sk. 

 t-a. S ? hiem. ; Sikhim ( W. E. Brooks). 



h',c',d'.V\A\. sk. 

 e'. S festiv. sk. Native Sikhim, Aug. {L. Man- 

 delli). 

 f. i^; y',h',i' . Native Sikhim, Feb., April, Sept. 



5 sestiv. ; k' , (Z. Mandelli). 

 v. c? hiem. sk. 



m'-z'. S ; a", Thibet, Aug. to Oct. (Z. Man- 



b" . 5 hiem. ; delli). 



c"-i" . Juv. sk. 



k". $ ajstiv. sk. Thibet (Z. Mandelli). 



I", ni". cJ ad. ; Kumaon (Stfachei/). 



n". 5 sk. 



o". 2 ^^- ^^- Kulu {Major Hay), 



p". 5 ad.sk. Tangsee, Oct. 9 {Dr. He7idersn}i). 



q"-s". (S ad. sk. Panjong Lake, Oct. 8 {Dr. Hen- 

 derson ) . 



t" . 5; ^i"-z". YaxksiuA YovLie {J. Biddidph). 



6 sk. 

 a^. cJ ad. sk. Aktagh, Karakoram Mts., 



June 13 (J. Biddulph). 

 b^,c^.S $ ad.sk. Aktagh, June 14 {J. Biddulph). 

 cP. S fid. sk. Ladakh {Dr. Henderson), 

 e^. 2 '"id. sk. Karakasli Valley, Aug. 3 (Dr. 



Henderson), 

 f, (f'. S 2 ad. Maiterek and Arkad Mountains, 



sk. _ Turkestan, ]NLav {Dr. O. Finsch) 



h\ i\ 2 ad. ; ^ ■ '" " " 



cJ pull. sk. 

 k^ S ad. sk. 

 P. 5 ad. sk. 



m^. c? ad. sk. 

 n^. (S ad. sk. 



Karakul, Turkestan, Aug., Oct. 



Semicetchje, June 6. 

 Turkestan, Sept. 23 {Dr. Severtz- 



Tian-shan, May {Prjewalsky). 

 Baganor, N.W. Mougolia, April 7 

 (wing 4"2 in.). 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



(Type of O. elires-t.) 

 Plume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Oates Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Oates Coll. 

 India Mus. 



Gould Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Geogr. Soe. Bremen. 



"SevertzoffCoU. 



Severtzoff Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Br. Severtzoff [C.]. 



