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Middle 

 Wing. Tarsus, toe s. it. Culmeu. 



Five males (N.M. and coll. S. & G.) . 

 Three females (N.M. and coll. S. & G. 



XLVI. — A Contribution to the Ornithology of Gilgit. 

 By John Scully. 



[Contimied from p. 453, and concluded.] 



124. Leptopcecile sophi/e^ Sev. 



The occurrence of this interesting species in the Indus 

 valley > at an elevation of little over 5000 feet, shows how 

 little this region has been explored by Indian ornithologists. 

 Had this portion of our territories been worked, we should 

 have secured this bird long before M. Severtzoff, who has so 

 accurately described it. The following are measurements of 

 an adult pair of L. sophiie, shot in the Gilgit district in 

 January at an elevation of about 5500 feet : — Male : wing 

 2*02 inches, tail 2*13, tarsus 0*75, culmen 0-4. Female : 

 wing 2 inches, tail 2*1, tarsus 0*74, culmen 0*4. The outer- 

 most tail-feather 0'4 shorter than the uropygials ; exposed 

 portion of first primary 0'65 ; fourth, fifth, and sixth pri- 

 maries equal and longest ; third primary equal to seventh in 

 length. 



125. tEgithaliscus leucogenys, Moore. 



This species is a permanent resident in the district, but is 

 very local. I only found it along the course of the main 

 valley above Gilgit, in a tract about sixteen miles in length, 

 from Bargo to Singal, at elevations of from 5500 to 7000 feet ; 

 there it was fairly common in summer and winter in the 

 forests and among the tamarisk bushes along the banks of 

 the river. 



In the adult the bill is black ; irides pale creamy or white ; 



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