452 On the Ornithology ofGilgit. 



113. Calobates melanope (Pallas). 



Common from March to November, and breeds from May 

 to July, at elevations of 6000 to 9000 feet. Females shot on 

 the 26th April, when the males had fully assumed the black 

 on the throat, had the whole chin and throat pure white. 



114. BuDYTES viRiDis (Gmel.) . 



This species seems only to pass through Gilgit on the 

 spring and autumn migrations, and is never common. Two 

 adult males, shot on the 9th May, have the head and nape 

 dark bluish grey, the lores, cheeks, and ear-coverts black, 

 and do not show any trace of a pale supercilium. 



116. BuDYTES CALCARATUS, HodgSOU. 



A summer visitor, and breeds in Gilgit. In nine specimens 

 the wings measure 3'15 to 3"5 ; the adult female has the back 

 coal-black, as in the male, but is smaller and has less white 

 on the wing. « 



117. BuDYTEs ciTREOLUs (Pallas). 



This Wagtail is a summer visitor, and breeds in the 

 Gilgit district. I obtained specimens from the 6th March to 

 the 6th June, and again from the 18th August to October. 

 I can confirm Major Biddulph's observation that the fully 

 adult female of this species is coloured precisely like the adult 

 male in breeding-plumage ; but many of the females appear 

 to breed in a younger stage of plumage, when the head is 

 olive, with a bright yellow supercilium and dark ear-coverts, 

 In twenty-two males the wings vary from 3*3 to 3*7 inches, 

 and in twelve females the wings measure 3'1 to 3'2. 



118. Anthus TRiviALis (Linn.). 



A summer visitor, arriving about the middle of April, and 

 migrating southwards in September ; it breeds at an elevation 

 of about 9000 feet. In the series collected, every stage of 

 plumage can be exactly matched by European specimens 

 procured at like seasons. The Eastern form, A. mamlatus 

 of Hodgson, is quite distinct from this species. 



120. Anthus rosaceus, Hodgs. 



Common on passage from the 22nd April to the end of 



