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97. Phylloscopus lugubris, Blyth. 



This species must be expunged from the Gilgit list. 



99. Phylloscopus tytleri^ Brooks. 



I obtained altogether three specimens^ in May, June, and 

 August ; so it no doubt breeds in the district. I also got it 

 in Astor in May. 



103 a. Beguloides proregulus, Pallas. 

 I obtained three specimens, two females and one male, in 

 Gilgit in January. 



105. Regulus cristatus, Koch. 



I procured three specimens in June at an elevation of 

 10,000 feet, in a valley leading toveards Darel. I also pro- 

 cured specimens in the Astor valley, where it appears to be 

 common, in July and October. A male measures — length 

 3"75 inches, wing 2-12, tail 1*3^ tars. 0-62. The female is 

 slightly smaller. 



105a. Sylvia jerdoni, Blyth. 



I somehow overlooked this species in my former list of the 

 Gilgit birds. I procured two specimens — a male on 6th Sep- 

 tember in immature plumage, and a female on 11th June in 

 full plumage with black cap. The irides of both were pale 

 yellow. 



106. Sylvia ajfinis, Blyth. 



107. Sylvia alth^a, Hume. 



Out of thirty-lwo specimens six are of the S. althcea type, 

 thirteen of the S. ajffinis type, and the rest are of intermediate 

 forms. From Iskardo and Ladakh I have specimens of S. 

 althaea, and from Darel of S. affinis. 



109. Henicurus scouleri. Vigors. 



Two young males, shot on 12tli September at 11,000 feet 

 elevation, have the throat and breast white sullied with 

 dusky markings, and the forehead black. A female shot on 

 the 23rd September, at 9000 feet, has the throat black, with 

 a few white feathers showing on the chin, and the forehead 

 partly white. The change of colour on the breast appears to 



