316 THE BIRDS OF GILGIT. 



49.— Upupa epops, Lin. (254). 



A summer visitant ; first seen on 6th March. 



50.— Lanius homeyeri, Cab. (256 bis). 



A single specimen, the only one seen, was shot on the 4th 

 March, close to Gilgit. This specimen approaches L. excu- 

 bitor in the rump being greyish instead of pure white, the latter 

 being given by Severtzoff as one of the distinguishing features 

 of L. homeyeri ( Stray Feathers, III., p. 430) ; but it has the 

 inner web of the secondaries broadly margined with white, 

 while the lores are white with black shafts instead of white. 



[From L. lahtora it differs in the entire absence of the black 

 frontal band, not only the forehead but also the lores, as men- 

 tioned above, being pure white. — G. F. L. M.] 



51.— Lanius erythronotus, Vig. (257). 



A summer visitor ; appears about 19th April. 



Jerdon's description of the colouring of the wing is incom- 

 plete : the secondaries are narrowly edged with buff on the 

 outer web, the tertiaries broadly edged with buff and rufous 

 on outer web' and tip; upper wing-coverts black, narrowly 

 tipped rufous, with a rufous patch and creamy white edging 

 at the shoulder. 



52.— Lanius cristatus, Lin* (262). 



A number of immature specimens appeared at the end of 

 August and beginning of September for a few days ; they were 

 not observed at any other time. 



53.— Pericrocotus brevirostris, Vig. (273). 



Since my leaving Gilgit Dr. Scully writes that he saw 

 several flocks of this Minivet in Gilgit about the beginning of 

 winter, but all the specimens secured by him were in yellow 

 plumage. 



54.— Buchanga longicaudata, Hay. (280). 



A single specimen was procured by Dr. Scully in August. 

 Probably a straggler from Darel. 



55— Muscipeta paradisi, Lin. (288). 



A single specimen, a young female, was brought in by a 

 native, who had killed it with a pellet-bow. None were seen 

 at any other time. 



* The Shrike here referred to is L. isabellinus, Hempr. & Ehr. — J. S. 



[This is probably correct, as cristatus has not yet been observed in the far North- 

 West. Even isabellinus has not, so far as I am aware, been previously recorded from 

 any portion of the hill region of Kashmir.— A. 0. H.] 



