52 Major J. Bicldulpli on the Birds of Gilgif. 



native, who had killed it with a pellet-bow. None were 

 seen at any other time. 



56. Hemichelidon sibirica (Gmel.). 



Appears about 16th May, and is very common all through 

 the summer. 



57. BuTALis GRisoLA (Linn.). 

 Common in summer. 



58. Cyornis ruficauda (Sw.). 



Common in May, June, and July, at 9000 and 10,000 feet. 



59. Troglodytes neglectus. Brooks. 



Very common in winter, keeping generally to the sides of 

 watercourses. In summer it goes up to the higher eleva- 

 vations, where I have seen it at about 10,000 feet. 



60. Myiophoneus temmincki (Vig.). 



Common all the year round. Breeds in the end o£ May, 

 at about 8000 feet ; in winter comes down to 5000 feet. 



61. HyDROBATA ASIATICA (Sw.). 



Very common. Appears to breed early in March, as full- 

 fledged young were about in the middle of April. 



All the specimens show a narrow circle of white feathers 

 round the eye; and many of them have pale greyish-white 

 margins to the secondaries and wing -coverts, and the under 

 tail-coverts tipped with white. The pale margins are pro- 

 bably remains of the immature plumage (which is blackish 

 grey, each feather more or less margined with Avhite) ; but 

 the white circle round the eye appears to be a permanent 

 feature*. 



62. Hydrobata cashmiriensis (Gould). 



Since I left Gilgit, Dr. Scully writes that he found the 

 Cashmere Water-Ouzel in the upper part of the Kergah 

 valley, at the head of which is a pass leading to Darel, but 

 that it appears to be rare. 



* [This lias also been noted in birds obtained us far east as Shillong. 

 Cf. Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. 1870, part ii. p. 203.— J. S.] 



