Ornithology of Gilgit. 



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Otocorys longirostris does not occur in Gilgit, but is 

 common at the head of the Astor valley, about eighty miles in 

 a direct line from Gilgit, The following are measurements of 



Qfocorys ^Je^iicillata. 



Otocorys lonyirostris. 



males of 0. longirostris, for comparison with those given above 

 of 0. penicillata :— Length 8-25 to S'S inches, wing 4-95 to 

 5-2, tail 3-6 to 3-75, tarsus 092 to 0-95, bill from gape 0-8 

 to 0"82. I will now mention the main distinctions between 

 these two forms, premising that I refer to adult males in 

 breeding-plumage. 0. longirostris is a conspicuously larger 

 bird than 0. penicillata ; it has no black band on the fore- 

 head, while O. penicillata has a broad one ; the black band 

 on the side of the neck is separated from the black patch on 

 the breast by an intermediate white bar a quarter of an inch 

 SEH. IV. — VOL. V. 2r 



