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adult; gape bright yellow, base of mandible yellow; iris 

 black. 



57. MusciCAPA GRisoLA, Linn. 



This species is common from the middle of May to the 

 end of September. In May and during the last three weeks 

 of September it is found in the lower parts of the valleys ; but 

 from the beginning of June to the first week in September it 

 is only met with in the pine-forests, at elevations of over 

 8000 feet, where it breeds. Examples shot in September 

 have the wing-coverts and secondaries broadly margined and 

 tipped with pale fulvous ; in midsummer these feathers are 

 narrowly margined with white. 



58. SiPHiA RUFicAUDA (Swainsou). 



A summer visitor only, arriving about the lOtli May, and 

 doubtless breeding in the pine-forests. The sexes do not 

 differ in any way in colour. The maxilla is dark brown and 

 the mandible pale horny. 



59. Troglodytes neglectus, Brooks. 



This Wren is a permanent resident in the district, and in 

 winter is one of the commonest and most familiar birds in 

 the lower parts of the valleys. Four specimens measured — 

 length 3-5 to 3-8 inches, wing I'S to 2-05, tail 1-15 to 1-35, 

 tarsus 0-65 to 0*7, bill from gape 0-57 to 0-6. Compared 

 with specimens of T. nipalensis from Sikkim, I find that the 

 distinctions on which Mr. Brooks separated the Kashmir 

 Wren from the Eastern-Himalayan form are fairly borne out. 

 The Gilgit birds are paler in colour, and have the feet smaller 

 and more slender, with the claws shorter and less powerful 

 than in T. nipaiensis. 



60. Myiophoneus temmincki, Vig. 



Gilgit specimens are identical with examples from Cash- 

 mere. In males the wings measure 7'1 to 7*6 inches, in 

 females 6" 7 to 6*8. 



61. CiNCLUs asiaticus, Swains. 



This Dipper is a permanent resident, being common in 

 summer along the small streams at elevations of 6C00 to 9000 



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