492 RECENTLY DESCRIBED SPECIES. 
cloudy brown streaks ; lower tail coverts, pale brownish, with 
broad whitish edges; wings and tail, brown, of a much 
lighter shade than in strophiatus, and having pale brown mar- 
gins to the feathers, particularly so in the case of the wing- 
coverts and tertials. 
I have thought necessary to refer comparatively to A. stro- 
phiatus in this description, on account of the similar distribution 
of colours and size of the two birds. They can only be 
understood by contrasting them. Ihave one specimen of the 
new bird from Dhurmsala, and others from Cashmir. A. séro- 
phiatus ranges from near Simla to Darjeeling; but at what 
point west of Simla is its western limit, and where the easterz 
one of A. Jerdoni begins is not yet known. Captain Cock 
took some nests of the new bird with eggs (uniform greenish 
blue) at Sonamurg, up the Sind Valley in Cashmir.—J. A. S. B., 
1872, p. 327, 
Troglodytes neglectus, Brooks. 
It is of the same size as T. nipalensis, but very much lighter 
in colour and having a strong resemblance to the English 
Wren. It is dull reddish brown above, becoming brighter in 
tone towards and on the tail. The whole of the upper sur- 
face is covered with wavey dark brown bars, which are very 
indistinct on the head, but increase in distinctness as the tail 
is reached, upon which they are very well marked; below, 
pale brownish, with the abdomen and belly, nearly white; the 
whole of the under surface, like the upper, being barred with 
brown; lower tail coverts, brown, spotted with white. Bill, 
brown, paler on lower mandible at base; legs and feet, brown. 
Length, 3°5 inches; wing, 1:8; tail, 1:2; bill at front, 0-42 ; 
tarsus 0°63; central toe and claw, 0°57; hind toe and claw 0°53. 
The sexes are alike in size and plumage. 
Apart from its comparatively pale tone of colouration its 
much smaller and slenderer tarsus and foot easily distinguish 
it from 7. nipalensis, which is a very dark brown sooty look- 
ing little bird. Of 7. nipalensis, the central toe and claw, 
measure 0°7; hind toe and claw, 062. 
The Cashmir Wren is not uncommon in the pine woods of 
Cashmir, and in habits and manners it strongly resembles its 
European congener. Its song is very similar, and quite as 
pretty. Itis a shy active little bird, and very difficult to 
shoot. I found two nests, one was placed in the roots of a 
large up-turned pine, and was globular with entrance at the 
side. It was profusely lined with feathers and composed of 
moss and fibres. ‘The eggs were white, sparingly and minutely 
