572 Mr. J. Scully on the 



140. CoLffius MONEnuLA (Linn.). 



The Jackdaw is not uncommon from the middle of October 

 to the first week in December, and again from the beginning 

 of March to the third week in April. It does not breed in the 

 district ; and I never noticed it during the season of extreme 

 cold. 



CoL(Eus coLLARis, Drummond. 



Two specimens, both females, procured in March and Oc- 

 tober, are referable to this subspecies or race. They have a 

 marked white half-collar extending from the sides of the neck 

 and above the interscapulary region ; and the breast and ab- 

 domen are paler and more grey than in C. monedula. The 

 measurements are : — Wings 9*3 inches, tail 5*3, tarsus 1*5 and 

 1"6, bill to gape 1'35 and 1"4. The second primary is about 

 0"4 shorter than the fifth, instead of being equal as in my 

 examples of C. monedula. 



141. NUCIFRAGA MULTIPUNCTATA, Gould. 



Two young birds, obtained in the third week in July at an 

 elevation of 9000 feet, have the head and nape much paler 

 brown than in adults, the tippings to the wing-coverts are 

 fulvous (not white) , and on the under surface of the body the 

 feathers are pale fulvous, with narrow central streaks of white. 

 Two adults, shot in the middle of May, are moulting, the 

 body-feathers and the primaries being equally in process of 

 renewal. 



142. Pica rustica (Scop.). 



The Gilgit Magpie is quite identical with European speci- 

 mens of P. rustica. In none of my examples does the white 

 on the inner webs of the quills extend to the tip, as in the 

 race called P. leucoptera ; the tips of the primaries are blackish 

 for about three quarters of an inch. 



143. Fregilus graculus (Linn.). 



In seven specimens the wings vary from 11*2 to 12'3 inches. 

 After an examination of a large series of these birds from 

 various parts of the Himalayas and from Europe, I quite agree 

 with Mr. Sharpe (Cat. iii. p. 147) that F. himalayanus, Gould, 

 cannot be separated from F. graculus. 



