50 Major J. Bicldulph on the Birds of Gilgit. 



43. CUCULUS HIMALAYANUS^ Blyth. 



Not very common. Appears at the same time as C. 

 canorus. 



44. CoccYSTES jAcoBiNus (Bodd.) . 



One specimen^ a straggler, a female, apparently breeding, 

 brought in by a native who had killed it with a stone, 15th 

 June. None others seen. 



45. CeRTHIA HIMALAYANA, Vig. 



Very common below 6000 feet in Avinter, disappearing 

 at end of March, when it goes up to the forests above. In 

 winter-plumage the whole of the underparts are dark sooty, 

 gradually changing to white as spring comes on, not, appa- 

 rently, by a moult, but by change of colour. The size of bill 

 varies greatly according to age : a young bird four months 

 old has the bill at gape 0*62 inch, one of eight months 0*8, 

 full-grown 1. 



One specimen has the tail very closely barred, as also has 

 one shot in Chitral. 



46. Certhia hodgsoni. Brooks. 



A single specimen, a male breeding, obtained at 9000 feet, 

 by Dr. Scully, on 11th June. Tail unbarred, throat and ab- 

 domen silky white, lower mandible white, first four primaries 

 unspotted. 



Length 5*2 inch, wing 2*7, tail 2*1 (damaged), tarsus 0"6, 

 bill from front 0*64, bill at gape 0*8. 



47. TiCHODROMA MURARIA (Limi.) . 



Very common indeed in November and December, but 

 began to disappear in January. Two specimens were shot 

 after the middle of March with the black throat fully deve- 

 loped. During the summer not one was seen even up to 

 16,000 feet elevation. 



48. SiTTA LEUcopsis, Gould. 



A permanent resident ; breeds at 10,000 feet. ' 



49. Upupa epops, Linn. 



A summer visitant ; first seen on 6th March, 



