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Cypselus affinis, Gray & Hardw. Kotegurh (winter), 

 A specimen, said to be from Ceylon, received from Baron 

 Hiigel, agrees very well with this one from the Himalaya. 



Cypselus leuconyx, Blyth. Kotegurh. 



HiRUNDo DAUBiCA, L. Nachar. 



HiRUNDO FiLiFERA, Stcph. Kangra. 



HiRUNDo RUPESTRis (Stcph.'^). Kotcgurh. 



Halcyon fusca (Bodd.). Kotegurh (winter). 



Merops viridis, L. Kotegurh, Nachar. 



Upupa epops, L. Kotegurh, Korzog (August). 



Besides European and the specimens sent, our collection 

 contains an old male from Chartum (August ?) , sent by Dr. 

 Heuglin, and two individuals from Amoy (May), sent by Mr. 

 Swinhoe. The Chinese birds are smaller than the others ; and 

 all Asiatic specimens, more especially on the back, are of a greyer 

 hue. 



Nectarinia asiatica (Lath.). Kotegurh (winter), Ram- 

 poor. 



Nectarinia gouldi^ (Vig.)- Kotegurh (winter), Tranda, 

 Gaora. 

 Myzanthe ignipectus, Hodgs. Kotegurh (winter), Gaora. 



Certhia himalayana, Vig. Paugi, Kotegurh (winter), 

 Ranga, Gaora. 



TicHoDROMA MURARiA (L.). Kotcgurh, Tnantse Sumdo. 



The entire under surface from the base of the bill of the bird 

 from Tnantse Sumdo is grey, and the bill from the angle of the 

 mouth only measures 1"; while the second specimen from Kote- 

 gurh has a white throat, and a bill measuring 15 ". The occiput 

 is tinged with an ochreous hue. 



SiTTA LEUcopsis, Gould. Budrawar, Pangi, Simla, Kote- 

 gurh (winter). 



SiTTA HiMALAYENSis, Jard. ct Sclby. Kotegurh, Gaora. 



* [This species was first described, and under this name, by Scopoli, in 

 1769 (Ann. i. Hist.-Nat. p. 167. no. 253).— Tr.] 



