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appeared in the autumn of the last-mentioned year, when 

 Dr. Scully procured a large number of specimens. T subse- 

 quently procured adult examples in Gilgit in June and Sep- 

 tember, and my collector brought back twenty-two specimens 

 from the Shandur plateau in August. 



171. LiXARIA CANNABINA (LiuU.). 



Both our Gilgit Linnets appear to be capricious and un- 

 certain in their movements. During the four winters through 

 which birds were collected by Dr. Scully and myself, this 

 species was only seen in the winters of 1877-78 and 1879-80, 

 but was not seen during the winters of 1878-79 or 1880-81. 



175. Calandrella rrachydactyla (Leisl.). 



I procured numerous specimens from the Deosai plain in 

 July and from the Shandur plateau in August. It appears 

 to breed in both places. Five specimens procured in Astor 

 and higher up the Indus near Iskardo appear paler than 

 others. 



176. Melanocorypha bimaculata, Menetr. 



During the last winter I was at Gilgit this species was 

 common from the lOtli November to 21st December. 



179. Otocorys penicillata, Gould. 



I obtained three adult specimens and a number of young 

 birds from the Shandur plateau in August, which is, no doubt, 

 a breeding-ground of the species. The young are spotted, 

 like the young of other species of Otocorys. They appeared 

 in Gilgit for the first time on 1-lth October, and in consi- 

 derable numbers. My specimens of O. longirostris completely 

 bear out Dr. Scully's remarks (Il)is, 1881, p. 580). I first 

 procured the species in the Pangong district in 1873, and 

 later on the Burzil pass in 1876 and succeeding years. I 

 have six males and two females from the latter place, three 

 males and four females from the Deosai plain, and three males 

 and three females from the high ground between Gilgit and 

 Darel, but from the Darel side of the watershed, so it cannot 

 be counted among the Gilgit species. None of these speci- 



