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I do not tliink it ascends the hills. It arrives about the 14th 

 September. 



[Neither did Dr. King get it on Aboo. It is common and 

 is in most places a permanent resident throughout the plains 

 portion of the whole region, always excepting the more desert 

 tracts.— A. 0. H.] 



483— Pratincola indica, Blyth. 



The Indian Stone Chat or Bushchat is common on the hills and 

 in the plains during the cold weather. It arrives about the 5th 

 of September. 



[Common in the cold season throughout the whole region. — 

 A. 0. H.] 



488— Saxicola (Dromolsea) opistholeuca, Strichl. 



The Indian White-tailed Wheatear is sparingly scattered over 

 the plains in the cold weather. I did not observe this species at 

 Aboo. It arrives about the first week in October. 



[Has never been observed at Aboo, but it occurs here and 

 there throughout Jodhpoor, stretching away eastwards far into 

 the North- Western Provinces, but I have no record of its 

 occurrence (though surely it must occur there) in Sindh, Cutch 

 or Kattiawar. — A. 0. H.] 



489.— Saxicola (Dromolaea) picata, Blyth. 



The Pied Stonechat is common on the hills and in the plains 

 in the cold weather. The first I saw this year (1875) was on 

 the 5th August near Deesa. They soon become common after 

 that date. 



[Occurs together with capistrata, Gould throughout the re- 

 gion we are dealing with. Notwithstanding what has been said 

 at home, the absolutely perfect chain of link forms that I pos- 

 sess, compel me to maintain the identity of these two supposed 

 species. Which is the adult and which the young, I do not yet 

 pretend to say with certainty, but I notice that picata extends its 

 migrations further than capistrata, and that everywhere south- 

 wards, and eastwards towards the borders of the area of distribu- 

 tion of picata, capistrata becomes more and more rare, and there 

 is a belt of from 100 to 200 miles wide where capistrata is rarely 

 seen. On the other hand, in the extreme north-west, capistrata 

 is much most common, and then there is an intermediate zone 

 in which both seem equally plentiful. Prima facie this looks 

 as if capistrata should be the old bird, though this was not my 

 original idea. — A. 0. H.] 



491.— Saxicola isabellina, Bilpp. 



This Wheatear occurs in the plnins during the cold weather. 

 It arrives about the 3rd of October. 



