330 THE BIRDS OF GILGIT. 



some is as much as 3 # 25 inches in length. In the breeding male 

 the top of the head and nape are brown, forming a defined cap 

 in contrast with the ashy grey of the back and sides of the 

 neck, and there is no trace of the white moustachial spot ; 

 the female has no white on the tail at all. 



The young males in July, in immature plumage, show no 

 throat spot, but can be distinguished by the white at the base 

 of the tail. 



Young birds and nestlings are spotted, and approximate 

 to those of Adelura cceruleocephala. Evidently two broods are 

 produced in the year. 



91.— Cyanecula suecica, Lin. (514). 



The earliest migrant. It appears from the south about 

 February 7th, is very common all March, and disappears in 

 April. It breeds somewhere higher up, but not far off, and 

 reappears on its way south on August 21st. 



In all the March specimens the blue throat and rufous patch 

 are fully developed. One of these is remarkable for having 

 the lower rufous band below the black and white gorget an 

 inch deep ; in all the others, obtained earlier and later, this 

 band is about a quarter of an inch deep. 



All the September specimens are in the " young" stage, as 

 described by Jerdon, having white throats with blue mousta- 

 chial streaks. 



92.— Cyanecula leucocyanea,* Brehm. (514 bis). 



A single specimen was procured by Dr. Scully on April 15th 

 with the white throat spot. A faint rufous tinge appears at 

 the bases of the satin-white feathers, looking very much as 

 if there were a change of colour in the feather. Length, 5*7 

 inches; expanse, 8*75 ; wing, 2'75 ; tail, 2-15; tarsus, l'l ; bill 

 from gape, 0*8 ; from front, 0'45. 



93.— Acrocephalus dumetorum, Blyth. (516). 



Common in the summer. 



94.— Dumeticola major, Brooks. (519 quat). 



Common in the Nulter valley in June, July and August, 

 where it breeds at an elevation of from 8,000 to 10,000 feet. 



Young birds shot in August are much the same in plumage 

 as the old birds ; but they have a strong tinge of green on 



* [Vide S. F., VII., 391. It is still uncertain whether the plain blue-throated 

 species (.0. wolfii) and the white-spotted one are distinct. Unless they are so the 

 name wolfii has precedence.— A. O. H.] 



