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examples average larger and paler, but I cannot make out 

 any perfectly constant differences. In eighteen males the 

 wings measure 4*5 to 4*85 inches, and in seven females 4*1 

 to 4-25. 



181. Alauda guttata, Brooks. 



It is difficult to decide whether our summer Sky Lark 

 should be referred to Alauda gulgula, Frankl., or considered 

 distinct from that species ; it seems to be merely a large pale 

 race of A. gulgula. In ten males the wings measure 3*9 to 

 4'1 inches, and in four females 3*6 to 3" 7. 



182. Galerita cristata (Linn.) . 



The Gilgit race of this common species is small and very 

 grey-coloured. In the males the wings measure 4 to 4*1 in- 

 ches, and in the females 3*75 to 3*85. 



183. Alsocomus hodgsoni (Vig.) . 



A summer visitor only to the forests, not found in the 

 main valley. A male example from Gilgit agrees completely 

 with an adult male from Moupin in Mr. Seebohm's collection. 



The female differs from the male in having all the colours 

 more dull ; the cap is ashy, there are fewer white spots on 

 the coverts, the ruddy triangular marks on the feathers of 

 the lower parts begin on the chest only, and do not extend 

 to the fore neck, the flanks are more invaded by dusky ash- 

 colour ; and the sides of the neck are more uniform grey. 



In none of the specimens I have examined are there any 

 white spots on the flanks. 



184. CoLUMBA casiotis (Bonap.). 



This Wood-Pigeon is a fairly common summer visitor ; it 

 arrives about the middle of April, and leaves in the middle of 

 November. It breeds in the forests above 8000 feet, and is 

 found in the main valley at about 5000 feet, on arrival in 

 April and May, and again in October and November on its 

 way down south. Adults of this species are well distin- 

 guished from the European C. palumbus by having a buff 

 instead of a pure white neck-patch ; but young birds, before 

 the assumption of the neck -patch, are precisely similar in 

 both forms. 



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