220 Lieut. W. W. Corrleaux on the Birds of 



ragged ponies. Shot a pair of Rock Pigeons {Columba inter- 

 media) ; did not, however^ see any C nipestris, mentioned by 

 Leitb-Adams as occurring bere. Saw a Magpie just before 

 arriving at the small fort of Dras, and after tbis saw several ; 

 tbey are very tame and bold, and would allow a person to 

 approach within a few yards. I failed to see any difference 

 between them and our English Magpies. 



Halted two days at Dras, and then marched forward to 

 Jashgaur. On the road were a pair of Ravens ; I got quite 

 close to them, and from their large high-ridged beak and 

 size should say they were the Thibet Raven {Corvus tibet- 

 anus*) ; they were certainly larger than the Ravens we see 

 in the Punjab, two or three pairs of which nest in the wood 

 at the bottom of the cavalry " maidan " at Umballah^ where I 

 have taken their eggs. 



May 1st. Arrived at a nullah about three miles from 

 Jashgaur, where I had the camp pitched on a flat piece of 

 ground among the rocks just above the river. The banks 

 of the Dras river are here covered in places with stunted 

 willows and a few juniper. While exploring the hills above 

 the camp saw several Snow Pheasants [Tetraogallus hima- 

 laT/ensis). Their flight is very strong and fast, like that of 

 an old cock Grouse. The native name is " Ram Chicore.'^ 



In the vicinity of the camp I noticed a pair of the Blue- 

 throated Warblers {Cyanecula leucocyanea), with a white spot 

 on the centre of the throat ; while sitting in the tent I had a 

 very close view of one, as the bird came within a few yards. 

 I often saw them, and no doubt they were going to breed 

 there f. 



* [^Corvus tihetanus, Ilodgs., is regarded as scarcely separable from 

 C. corax, L. (Ibis, 1870, p. 141).— J. C] 



t [In a subsequent letter my son says be is quite certain as to the 

 species. Five examples, all males, shot in April and May at Yarkand 

 by Mr. Scully, all belonged to the red-throated race (' Stray Feathers,' 

 vol. iv. 1876, p. 105), and Mr. Seebohm, in his ' British Birds,' p. 274, 

 remarks, '' I have never seen an Asiatic skin, and doubt its occurreuce 

 in Asia." — J. C] 



[Mr. Seebohm has a specimen of a male of C suecica, obtained at 

 Moscow on May 2nd ; and unless carefully examined, in the hand, any- 



