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intermediate between the two last forms. The bill and general 

 tone of coloring" approaches most closely to Malaharicus, but in- 

 both respects the bird seems intermediate^ and the wings of 

 the males appear to vary from 3 "4 to 3*6 inches. 



Lastly, what 1 take to be the true Tfihorhynclia has the shortest 

 and stumpiest bill of all, and in summer plumage is darker and 

 more rufous, and in winter plumage grayer, and duskier than 

 any of the others, I have a single specimen of this bird from the 

 salt range in winter, showing that some specimens, at any rate in 

 the cold season, straggle outside the Himalayas ; the wings of the 

 males seem to vary from 3 "8 to 4 inches. 



I have said nothing about the length of the hind claws, be- 

 cause these appear to vary very much according to the individuals 

 and not according to the race. In one individual of Gulgula the 

 hind claw alone measures just over 0'75 of an inch ; in another, 

 it is jnly 0"45 of an inch ; and similar, though not such striking 

 variations are observable hi the few specimens that I possess 

 of each of the other races. 



Whether any or all of these races may ultimately prove 

 deserving of specific separation, I cannot pretend to say; but 

 I would earnestly invite the attention of brother ornithologists 

 to this most interesting though troublesome little group, in 

 the hopes that by a combined effort we may in a year or two 

 be in a position to arrive at a more definite conclusion in 

 regard to it. 



A. O. H. 



8tol. 



In the 37th volume of the Journal of the Asiatic Society, 

 Dr. F. Stoliczka characterized under the name of Sordida, 

 a supposed new species of Hodgson's genus FringUauda. He 

 remarked, that " F. Nemoricola was only a Avinter visitant 

 to the lesser ranges of the North- Western Himalayas ; but that 

 he had often observed it during the summer in the south- 

 western parts of Thibet, and in the north of Cashmere" ; he 

 further mentioned, that another species, (his Sordida) was pro- 

 cured by him near the Baralatsu Pass, in North Lahoul, and near 

 Padam, and tliat during the previous winter he had procured 

 numerous specimens from the neighbourhood of Kotegurh. 



In regard to this new species he remarked : " The follow- 

 ing description is taken from these Kotegurh specimens. 



