Thibet and the Himalayas. 317 



(Dr. Stoliczka). Does not seem to me to differ specifically from 



C. corax. 



CoRVUs iNTERMEDius, Adams. Pangi. 



NuciFRAGA HEMispiLA, Vig. Kotegurh, Narkanda, Chini. 



NuciFRAGA MULTiPUNCTATA, Gould. Gaora, in a southerly 

 direction from Kishtwar in Eastern Cashmere. 



Garrulus bispecularis, Vig. Budrawar, Kotegurh. 



Garrulus lanceolatus, Vig. Kotegurh (winter). 



Dendrocitta himalayana, Blyth. Kotegurh (winter). 



D. sinensis (Lath.) ; Jerdon, Birds of India, ii. p. 316. D. hi- 

 malayana, Blyth ; Jerdon, ibid. iii. p. 874. 



Urocissa cucullata, Gould. Kotegurh ? 

 U. cucullat a, Govxld, Birds of Asia, pt. xiii. t. 5 ; Jerdon, op. cit . 

 iii. p. 873. 



Our collection received a specimen of U. flavirostris (Blyth), 

 from Cashmere through Baron Hiigel. 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus, Vieill. Lara in Spiti (July). 



Fregilus graculus (L.). Rogi. 

 F. himalayanus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 125* ; Jerdon, ov. cit, 

 ii. p. 319. 



After comparison made with our European examples, I have 

 not a doubt that the Himalayan bird belongs to the same species ; 

 for the distinction is chiefly based upon the difference in the di- 

 mensions, and these do not maintain any constant discrepancy, 

 as will be seen from the following measurements : — 



Male shot, o ■>. i . Female 



Ml 1Q0 1 bwitzerland, » 



arch 1824, , from 



m • in exchange „ 



near lunn. ~ rk c i • Kogi. 



irom Dr. bchiuz. " 



Bill in a straight line from"! ^„ „ ,„ „ 



angle of the mouth . J '^ "^ "^ 



Wing 10" 9'" 11" 9'" 11" 6"' 



Tail 5" 5" 4'" 6" 



Tarsus 2" 2" 2"' 



* [First named by Mr. Gould in P. Z. S. ISGO, p. 2U(i, and then more 

 fully described in 18G2.— Tr.] 



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