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Capt. Beavan on various Indian Birds. 77- 



pears to arrive simultaneously, or nearly so, in parts of India so 

 widely apart as Simla, in the Alpine Punjab of India, and 

 Moulmein, in Burmali. This will the better appear from the 

 subjoined list of dates of its first appearance in different 

 localities in various years as observed by the late Dr. Scott 

 and myself: — 



1863. Umballah Sept. 8 ^ 



„ Hansi „ ^^ i Dr Scott 



1864. Sunawur, near Kussowlie, ' ^ 



in the hills 



„ Hansi „ 9 First noted. 



„ Ban-ackpore „ 26 j I^" C- B. (P. Z. S. 1865, 



" ^ "I p. 693). 



1865. UmbaUah „ 30 ] "Abundant, have been in 



( some days." Dr. Scott. 

 „ Moulmein, Burmah „ 25 R. C. B. 



1866. Umballah „ 11 Dr. Scott. 



„ Mahasoo, Simla „ 29 R. C. B. 



I collected a large series whilst at Umballah, in October and 

 November 1866, as I was not at all sure whether the bird so 

 abundant there at that time might not be M. dukhunensis ; but 

 Col. Tytler pronounced them to be the present species. Accord- 

 ing to Dr. Jerdon^s views on the respective distribution of the 

 two species, it might be either one or the other. Of M. duk- 

 hunensis he says that it extends into the North-west Provinces, 

 Sindh, and the Punjab ; and of M. luzoniensis, that it occurs 

 chiefly in Northern India ; so that he gives us very little assist- 

 ance in ascertaining which is the species under review, which is 

 certainly anything but " solitary." 



Length. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. Bill. Gape. Extent. 



A .... 8-25 3-87 3-87 -937 -5 -75 11-62 



B .... 8-25 3-62 3-87 1 -5 -75 11-5 



C .... 7-5 35 3-62 -875 -5 -75 1062 



D .... 775 3-62 3-62 -875 -437 -687 10-87 



E .... 7-5 3-5 3-62 -875 .. .. 10-5 



A. Black head and breast for 1-5. B. Head less black, and breast for 

 1-25. C. Dark grey head, and breast black for 1. D. Plead grey, breast but 

 slightly marked with black. E. Head grey, black crescent only on breast. 



These specimens were all killed on the same day, and clearly 



