508 Mr. K. B. Kiimear on the Binh collected [T')is, 



the Tibet Mission. Tlie iiest of the Eastern Blue Rock-Thrush 

 has been found as high as 13,500 ft. in Gai'hwal. 

 [One pair only seen at Kharta. — A. F. R. W.] 



__ Lioscopus collar is nipalensis (Bljth). 



25Tjuv. 28.7.21 Fuse La; 312 S 21.8.21 Kama Valley 

 14,000"ft.; 337 S 6.9.21 Upper Kharta Valley 17,000 ft.; 

 350 juv. IG.9.21, 3G2 c? , 363 ? 17.9.21, 370 ? 18.9.21, 

 East Everest 17,000 ft. ; 370 J' 20.7.21 East Everest 

 18,500 ft. 



Three forms of this Alpine Accentor have been recorded 

 from the Himalaya, as follows: — (1) L.c.rufiliatus,\)XQQ'\mg 

 in the Safed Koh, Kashmir, and Central Asia, in winter found 

 at Simla and probably other places in the Himalaya ; 

 (2) L. c. lohyinperi described from Garhwal ; and (3) L. c. 

 nipalensis, ranging from Kumaon eastwards till replaced by 

 other races in Yunnan and eastern Tibet. 



The status of L. c. ichi/mperi is, I consider, very doubtful. 

 It was originally described by Mr. Stuart Baker from three 

 specimens obtained by Mr. S. L. AVhymper in Glarhwal, and 

 presented by him to the Bombay Natural History Society, 

 and is said to have a rufous wash on the head, neck, and 

 underparts. This rufous colour is, I am certain, not natural, 

 and due to discoloration, probably caused by the preser- 

 vatives used, since there are in the Bombay collection a 

 number of other skins of Mr. Whymper's with the same 

 stain. It is significant, too, that in the National Collection 

 there is a normally-coloured skin of nijyalensis obtained by 

 Dr. T. G. Longstaff in Kumaon adjoining Garhwal. 



As regards si/e, the wings of the three skins examined by 

 Mr. Baker ranged from 85 to 92, Dr. Longstaff's bird is 90, 

 and a winter specimen from Simla is 100 mm., while eleven 

 true nipalensis from Sikkim vary between 91 and 103, and 

 five of Mr. Wollaston's specimens are also within these last 

 measurements. 



Along with the Indian Redstart this bird was obtained at 

 18,500 ft. on the east of Mt. Everest, the greatest elevation 

 from which any specimens were actually brought back. 



