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56 — Hemichelidon sibiricus, Gm. (296). 



Appears about 16th May, and is very common all through 

 the summer. 



57.— Butalis grisola, Lin. (299 Ms). 



Common in summer. 



58.— Cyornis ruficaudus, Sws. (307). 



Common in May, June, and July, at 9,000 and 10,000 feet. 



59. — Troglodytes neglectus, Brooks. (333 bis). 



Very common in winter, keeping generally to the sides of 

 water-courses. In summer it goes up to the higher elevations 

 where I have seen it at about 10,000 feet. 



60.— Myiophoneus temmincki, Vig. (343). 



Common all the year round. Breeds in the end of May, at 

 about 8,000 feet ; in winter comes down to 5,000 feet. 



61.— Hydrobata* asiatica, Sws. (347). 



Very common. Appears to breed early in March, as full 

 fledged young were about in the middle of April. 



All the specimens show a narrow circle of white feathers 

 round the eye ; and many of them have pale greyish white 

 margins to the secondaries and wing-coverts, and the under 

 tail-coverts tipped with white. The pale margins are probably 

 remains of the immature plumage (which is blackish grey, each 

 feather more or less margined with white) ; but the white circle 

 round the eye appears to be a permanent feature.! 



62.— Hydrobata cashmiriensis, Gould. (34S). 



Since I left Gilgit, Dr. Scully writes that he found the Cash- 

 mere Water-Ouzel in the upper part of the Kergah valley, at 

 the head of which is a pass leading to Darel, but that it appears 

 to be rare. 



63.— PetrocossyphusJ cyanus, Lin. (351). 



Appears about 22nd April, and is common all through the 

 summer at about 7,000 fe,et. 



* [In several cases generic, and even specific, names are used in which I do not 

 concur, but in most instances, as this is a matter of opinion, I have thought it 

 unnecessary to point this out. In the present case it appears to me that the use of 

 Hydrobata is distinctly wrong, and that it is certain (and not a mere matter of opinion) 

 that Cinches should be used — A. O. H.] 



t This has also been noted in birds obtained as far east as Shillong. Of. Godwin- 

 Austen, J. A. S. B., 1876, Part II., p. 203.— J. S. 



[I am not sure that Godwin-Austen may not have incorrectly identified his Shillong 

 birds. Mine from that locality are, I consider, O. pallasi, and his description point8 to 

 the same species. — A. O. H.] 



t [This generic name cannot possibly stand. Either Boie's name, Monticola, must be 

 adopted, or my name Cyanocinclus.—A. O. H.] 



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