1922.] daviiuj the First Mt. Eotvest Kxpcdltioa. 507 



Dr. Hartert treats sordidas as a synonym of" cashmirensis, 

 considering it merely a dark phase, and C. 7/oiuighushandi 

 of Walton appears to be the same. 



The specimens brought back by Mr. WolUiston tend to 

 confirm the above view, since nos. 379, 380, and 381 were 

 all obtained on the same day, close to one another, and 

 apparently belong to the snme brood. The first is a young 

 example of the ordinary cashmirensis, the other two are dark 

 like younglmsbandi. 



[Seen near all the fast-running streams from 12,000-17,000 

 ft.— A. F. R. W.] 



Planesticus merula maxima (Seebohm). 



2G1 S 1.8.^1 Chulungphu 13,800 ft. ; 302 ^ 18.8.21 

 Karta 12,500 ft. ; 331 ? 31.8.21 Karta 12,000 ft. 



The type of the Himalayan Blackbird is an innnature 

 male collected by Jordon at Gulmerg in Kashmir in August 

 1867. The examples of this bird in the National Collection 

 consist of three skins from Kashmir, one from the Kangan 

 Valley, Hazara, one from the Kurrani Valley, and a male 

 shot by Colonel Walton at Ganthong in the Cbumbi ^^dley, 

 12,000 ft. This Blackbird is confined to the Himalaya and 

 Kashmir, and north ot the Karakoram Range it is replaced 

 by a smaller form — the Central-Asian Blackbird, P. ni. inter- 

 medins, described by Dr. Richmond from Aksu in (Chinese 

 Turkestan. Mr. S. L. Whymper found the Himalayan Black- 

 bird breeding as high as 13,000 ft. in the Nila Valley, 

 Garhwal, and Whitehead mentions that he found nests 

 between 10,000 and 12,000 ft. in the Kurram Valley. 



[Found only in the valleys of the main range below 

 13,800 ft. The song is much harsher than that of the 

 Common Blackbird.— A. F. R. W.] 



Monticola solitarius pandoo (Sykes) . 



309 ? 21.8.21 Kharta 12,500 ft. 



This form of the Blue Rock-Thrush is found in th(! breeding- 

 season from Afghanistan and jjerhaps farther west to China 

 and Tibet. It was not met with by any of the membei's of 



