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A series of eleven individuals enables it to be seen that the 

 young bird in this species is adorned above with pale ochre or 

 rust-yellow shaft-stripes, while the wing-coverts and the last 

 quills have rather broad rust-yellow borders; beneath, the 

 plumage is whitish, with a spotted or scaly appearance in con- 

 sequence of the feathers being dark-edged. By degrees the 

 streaks on the upper side become whitish and more and more 

 indistinct ; so that in two individuals faint spots on the back 

 and very fine white lines, becoming rather broader towards the 

 end, are only to be found — in a young male from Gaora on the 

 forehead and back of the head, and in the one fi'om Urui on 

 the back of the head and nape only. 



EuMYiAS MELANOPs (Vig.) . Kotcgurh, Mahasu. 

 A young male from Kotegurh has the throat, part of the 

 breast, and the belly still ochre-yellow. 



Cygrnis ruficauda (Swains.). Pangi, Rogi, Urui. 



As in Hemichelidon fuliginosa, so also in Cyornis ruficauda is 

 the resemblance of the plumage of the young bird to that of 

 Erythrosterna parva and of many species of Ruticilla apparent. 

 In the young male from Pangi the greatest part above appears 

 scaly in consequence of the dark edgings to the ochre-coloured 

 feathers ; the edges of the wing-coverts are yellowish. Below, it 

 is whitish, with dark-edged feathers ; the middle pair of rectrices 

 and the outer webs of the others are brown, the remainder of 

 the tail being rust-red. A second example from the same loca- 

 lity displays the transition to perfect plumage. 



MuscicAPULA suPERCiLiARis (Jerdou). Sind valley in Cash- 

 mere, Gaora to the south of Kishtwar (October), Pangi, Kote- 

 gurh, Nachar, Urui, Rogi. 



Ten examples of this species are sent. Above, the female is 

 grey, somewhat inclining to olive ; the forehead, lores, and chin 

 are tinted with rust-yellow ; the breast is greyish, the rest of the 

 under surface yellowish-white. The young birds of both sexes 

 have the pale yellow feathers above and the whitish feathers of 

 almost the whole lower surface dark-edged, thus giving a scaly 

 appearance to the plumage. In the male specimens the edges 

 of the tail-feathers have already put on their beautiful blue 



