Major J. Biddulph on the Binh ofGilylt. 281 



out the buff space iu the ceutre that all winter specimens 

 show ; the colouring of the head is also more vivid. 



125. zEgithaliscus leucogenys, Moore. 



I obtained several specimens from the Darel valley. 



127. LOPHOPHANES RUl'ONUCHALISj Blyth. 



The amount of rufous in the nuchal spot appears in som e 

 degree seasonal. Two winter- killed specimens show much 

 more rufous than any procured in summer. I procured this 

 Tit also from Darel. 



129. Accentor nipalensis, Hodgson, 



Captain Wardlaw Ramsay has shown me specimens of M. 

 SevertzofE's A. rufilatus, which arc identical with Gilgit spe- 

 cimens of A. nipalensis. It would appear as if ^. aljnnus and 

 A. nipalensis were only the two extremes of one species^ which 

 are bridged over by intermediate forms, in the same way as 

 the eastern and western forms of Irocalojjteron lineatum. 



131. Accentor jerdoni, Brooks. 



I procured this species both from the Deosai plain and the 

 Shandur plateau. 



A. rubecidoides does not appear to extend further westward 

 than the Astor valley, where I have procured it. 



133. Accentor fulvescens, Severtzoff. (Plate VIII.) 

 Through the kindness of the Editors a male of this species, 

 which, as yet, has not been figured, is shown in the accom- 

 panying Plate. 



139. CORVUS FRUGILEGUS, Liuil. 



Earliest autumn appearance in Gilgit on the 19Lh October. 



147. Temenuchus pagodarum (Gmel.). 

 I got altogether five specimens during four summers I spent 

 in Gilgit — three in May and two in June. 



149. Passer indicus, Jard. & Selby. 



During the winter of 1880-81, which was not a severe one, 

 1 procured a few speciuiens, all males. They were, however, 

 scarce. 



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