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63. Petrocossyphus cyanus (Linn.) . 



Appears about 22ad April, and is common all through the 

 summer at about 7000 feet. 



64. Orececetes cinclorhynchus (Vig.). 



Since my leaving Gilgit, Dr. Scully writes that he pro- 

 cured a single immature specimen in Gilgit late in the 

 autumn ; probably a straggler from Darel. 



65. MoNTicoLA sAXATiLis (Linn.). 



A number in immature plumage appeared each year in 

 autumn. 



Two young males, in plumage corresponding to that de- 

 scribed by Dresser in the ' Birds of Europe/ were obtained 

 on the 21st August and 6tli September. 



Length 7'Q inches and 7*75, wing 4*45 and 4*65, tail 2'Jx 

 and 2*3, tarsus I'l and 1*12, irides red-brown. No adult 

 birds of this species were observed. 



66. Turdus ruficollis. Pall. 



One specimen secured in January, the only one seen. 



[The throat and breast are a deep vandyke-brown, Avith a 

 ferruginous gloss and narrow ferruginous borders to the tips 

 of the feathers. 



The uniform dark throat and the pure rufous of the tail 

 distinguish this species from T. atrogularis. — G. P. L. M.] 



67. Turdus atrogularis, Temm. 



Not uncommon in the winter, but not a summer resident, 

 When the black plumage of the throat is fully assumed, the 

 rusty tint of the axillaries and under wing-coverts disappears 

 and is replaced by earth-brown uniform with the flanks. 

 Though I have not remarked it in summer, it probably does 

 not leave the district, but keeps to the higher elevations. 



68. Turdus viscivorus, Linn. 



Tolerably common in Gilgit during the severe winter of 

 1877-78, but seldom comes so low down, keeping generally 

 to the higher valleys, where I found it in July at 10,000 feet, 



69. Trochalopteron simile, Hume. 



Seldom seen in Gilgit, but appears to be common higher 



