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lanthocincla variegata, Gould. Alpine Panjab. 

 Petrocincla saxatilis, Vig, lb. 



Pandoo, Sykes. lb. 



Enicurus maculatus, Vig. Cashmere. 



Phanicura leucocephala, Vig. lb. 



Motacillu lugubris. Pall. lb. 



Coccothraustes Icterdides, Vig. Alpine Panjab. 



Pastor Mahrattensis. lb. 



Garrulus lanceolatus, Vig. lb. 



Fregilus graculus, Cuv. Himalaya tops ; Little Thibet. 



Nucifraga hemispila, Vig. Cashmere. 



Cuculus viicropterus, Steph. Cashmere. 



Dendrocopus Hirnalayamis. Alpine Panjab. 



Picus nuchalis, Wagl. lb. 



Chrysoptihis squamatus, Swains. lb. 



Bucco grandis, Linn. lb. 



Tichodroma phcenicoptera, Temm. Cashmere, Alpine Panjab, and 



Little Thibet. 

 Columba leuconota, Vig. Thibet mountains. 

 Turtiir auritus, Ray. Alpine Panjab. 

 Phasianus Stacei, Vig. Chumba. 



albocristatus, Vig. Alpine Panjab. 



Pucrasia, Vig. lb. 



Lophophorus Impeyanus, Vig. Cashmere and Himalaya. 



Tetraogalhis NigeUii, Gray. Snow range, Cashmere and Little Thibet. 



Pterocles arcnarius, Temm. Plains of Panjab. 



Francolinus vulgaris, Gould. Alpine Panjab and Indus. 



Perdix Chukar, Lath. Thibet. 



Coturnix Sinensis. Lidia and Panjab. 



Ardea cinerea, Lath. Panjab. 



Ibis Falcinellus, Cuv. Little Thibet. 



Scolopax ritsticola, Linn. Dodah, near Cashmere, 



Note. — A second species, nearly allied to the Scolopax major, Linn,, 

 is found in Cashmere. 



Totanus .^ Thibet. 



Parra Sinensis, Lath. Cashmere. 

 Querquedula Crecca, Steph. lb. 

 Fuligula Nyroca, Steph. Little Thibet. 



Mr. Vigne's letter also contains the following notes, relating to a 

 species of Hare from Little Thibet, which was exhibited to the fleet- 

 ing, and which he had presented to the Society : — 



" The Hares of Little Thibet, which is a barren country, are found 

 almost exclusively within, or within reach of, sandy valleys, through 

 which a stream flows, creating on its flat banks just verdure enough 

 for them to feed upon. They lie in forms, under rocks and stones ; 

 sometimes, when pursued, will take to any natural hollows beneath 

 them, and are occasionally, and, in fact, frequently, sheltered by the 

 thick bushes of Tartarian furze, with which the valleys of Little Thibet 

 abound, more or less. They do not burrow, but scratch away a 

 deej) form under a stone or rock. In some respects tliis species re- 



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