246 NOTES UPON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS MADE 



580.— Regulus himalayensis, Blyth. 



Seen a few times near Derali. This species is of purer 

 coloration, and quite grey about the neck. It is, I think, quite 

 distinct from Reg. cristatus. 



584.— Enicurus maculatus, Vigors. 



Found below Mussoori, in water-courses where the cover is 

 dense. 



587.— Enicurus Scouleri, Vigors. 



Not far from Danguli I observed a pair. I repeatedly 

 saw them dive through the foaming torrent, and towards a large 

 stone or rock over which the water flowed ; and it was most 

 probable that their nest was under this strongly rushing water. 

 How ever such a slight little bird could get through such a 

 violent rush of water I could not imagine. 



589.— Motacilla maderaspatana, Brisson. 



One procured at Moneri. The back was very brown, and 

 patched with grey — an unusual thing for this species. It was 

 the only one I saw. 



589 bis.— Motacilla Hodgsoni, Gray. 



(M. cashmirensis, Brooks.) Found above Danguli, and near 

 Devali ; one also obtained at Gangaotri. This bird is quite 

 distinct* from M. luzoniensis, Scop, which has at all seasons 

 much more white about the head, and is a more delicately and 

 slenderly built bird, as well as being somewhat smaller as a 

 rule.: the bill is conspicuously smaller. M. luzoniensis retains, 

 it is said, a white throat at all seasons,f while the present species 

 does not. M. luzoniensis is not found at all in the North-West. 

 It is common at Patna and Dinapore in the cold season, but I 

 don't think I have yet seen an example from a place so far 

 west as Buxar. Being a Railway Engineer, I refer to places 

 situated on the line of the East Indian Railway, and much of 

 my collecting has been done from the telegraph wires along- 

 side of the railway. To these wires both Budytes and Motacilla 

 are very partial as perches, and I have good series of these 

 birds obtained with but little trouble as I passed along the line 

 from time to time. But let me return to my subject. 



If it can be satisfactorily proved that $ M. per sonata, Gould, 

 retains the grey back all through the summer, then it is, beyond 

 all doubt, a distinct species from M. Hodgsoni, Gray. Both 



* I hope every one will suspend their opinion on this very moot point. — Ed. 



f This, in my opinion, has never been satisfactorily established. I consider that I 

 have luzoniensis in full breeding plumage, identical with what Mr. Brooks calls tho 

 full summer plumage of ILudgsoni. — En. 



