438 Mr. J. Scully on the 



ieet, and frequenting the larger rivers in winter at an eleva- 

 tion of less than 5000 feet. In ten specimens the wing 

 measures 3*55 to 4*1 inches^ tail 2*4 to 2'65_, tarsus 1*05 to 

 l*2j and culmen 0'9 to 1. 



62. CiNCLUS CASHMIRIENSIS^ Gould. 



The Kashmir Dipper was only found by me on the stream 

 of a valley near Gilgit at an elevation of about 9000 feet. 

 The species was rare there, and only one male (a moulting 

 and immature bird) was secured, which measured — length 

 7-8 inches, wing 3*9, tail 2*4, tarsus I'l, bill from gape 1, 

 culmen 0-9, bastard primary 0-9. The following is a de- 

 scription of my specimen, shot on the 14th October : — Head, 

 sides of face and neck, hind neck, and . upper back mixed 

 slaty grey and dark brown, the latter being the colour of the 

 new feathers and marking the adult dress ; minor and secon- 

 dary wing- coverts dusky grey, with black margins to the 

 feathers ; greater coverts and quills dusky grey, with narrow 

 white margins to their tips ; lower back and rump dark grey, 

 the feathers with narrow black margins ; upper tail-coverts 

 and tail slaty grey. Chin, throat, breast, and centre of abdo- 

 men Avhite, with faint narrow bro^vn undulations on the throat 

 and breast and a few new brown feathers on the abdomen ; 

 flanks dark brown, with narrow pale tips to the feathers ; 

 lower tail-coverts slaty grey, pale-tipped. 



63. MoNTicoLA cYANus (Liuu.). 



Common at an elevation of 5000 feet from the third week 

 in April to the third week in May, and again from the 

 middle to the end of October on migration. In the series 

 collected none of the males have any trace of chestnut on 

 the abdomen ; and in fifteen specimens, the sex of which \vas 

 carefully determined, no female was met with in the blue 

 plumage of the adult male. In the males the wings measure 

 4*5 to 4"8 inches, and in the females 4*4 to 4*65. 



64. MOXTICOLA CINCLORHYNCHA (VigOrs). 



The only specimen of this species observed in Gilgit was 

 shot by me on the 28th September; it may have been on 

 migration, or possibly was only a straggler from some of the 



