64 Major J. Biddulph on the Birds of Gilgit. 



wings are nearly black, the secondaries narrowly, and the 

 tertiaries and greater coverts broadly edged Avith bright 

 rufous; abdomen rufescent fawn-colour; upper and lower 

 tail-coverts and tail as in the female. 



87. AdELURA CiERULEOCEPHALA (Vig.) . 



A summer visitor. It appears in April, and breeds at 

 about 10,000 feet. 



88. Chimarrhornis leucocephala (Vig.). 



A resident, but never very common. A few pairs to be 

 seen generally at about 10,000 and 11,000 feet in summer; 

 it comes down to 5000 feet in winter. 



89. Nemura cyanura (Pall.)'^. 



Obtained in Gilgit in May and in the Nulter valley in 

 August, at 11,000 feet. In August the young were fully 

 fledged. The plumage before the first moult is bright rufous- 

 brown above, paler below, each feather margined with dark 

 brown; wings and tail hair-brown ; middle of abdomen pure 

 white. 



90. Calliope pectoralis (Gould). 



First seen on May 1, by Avhich time it was in full breeding- 

 plumage, birds shot in the beginning of June being not 

 nearly so brilliant ; it breeds at 10,000 feet. 



The measurements and description given by Jerdon do not 

 entirely correspond with the specimens secured ; the wing in 

 some is as much as 3"25 inches in length. In the breeding male 

 the top of the head and nape are brown, forming a defined cap 

 in contrast with the ashy grey of the back and sides of the 

 neck, and there is no trace of the white moustachial spot ; 

 the female has no white on the tail at all. 



The young males in July, in immature plumage, show no 

 throat-spot, but can be distinguished by the white at the base 

 of the tail. 



Young birds and nestlings are spotted, and approximate 

 to those of Adelura cceruleocephala. Evidently two broods are 

 produced in the year. 



* [This is the Himalayan N. nifilata, distinct from K. cyanura (Pall.)» 

 — J.S.] 



