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BIRDS OF THE PROVINCES OF KASHMIR AND JAMMU 



AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS. 



By 



A. E. Ward. 



Part III. 



(Continued from page 485 of this Volume.) 



Fam. Motacillid/e. — Wagtails and Pipits. 



(82(3). Motaeilla alba.— The White Wagtail is rarely met with. 



(829). Motaeilla personata. — The Masked Wagtail, breeds at elevations of 

 about 6,000' to 8,000' in Kashmir and probably in Baltistan. 



(830). Motaeilla hodgsoni. — Hodgson's Pied Wagtail is common and breeds 

 in Kashmir. 



(831). Motaeilla waderaspatensis. — The Large Pied Wagtail. 



(832). Motaeilla melonopc. — The Gray Wagtail, breeds in Kashmir at various 

 high altitudes. Eggs found as late as June 28 at 7,000'. 



(835). Motaeilla beema. — The Indian Blue-headed Wagtail, breeds in parts of 

 Ladak. I have not found the eggs in Kashmir proper, but it is said to breed 

 there. 



(83 3). Motaeilla borealis.— The Indian Grey-headed Wagtail. 



(836). Motaeilla fiddeggi. — The Black-headed Wagtail. I have not as yet 

 found this bird on its breeding grounds, but it migrates through Kashmir. 



(837). Motaeilla citreola. — The Yellow-headed Wagtail. This Wagtail breeds 

 in Kashmir, but sparsely ; it migrates through in considerable numbers. 



(838). Motaeilla citreoloides. — Hodgson's Yellow-headed Wagtail. The eggs 

 have been obtained in Ladak and in Kashmir. Numbers of these birds migrate 

 over the Logila and other passes in June. 



(841). Anthus maculatus. — The Indian Tree-Pipit (doubtful). 



(844). Anthus similis. — The Brown Kock-Pipit. 



(847). Anthus rufidus, — The Indian Pipit. I have no specimens of this bird 

 or of A. similis from within Kashmir boundaries, but both must occur in the 

 lower hills. 



(846). Anthus striolafus. — Blyth's Pipit. 



(848). Anthus campestris.— The Tawny Pipit (doubtful). 



(849). Anthus ceroinus. — The Red-throated Pipit. 



(850). Anthus rosaceus. — Hodgson's Pipit, breeds at high elevations in June 

 and July in Kashmir, and is plentiful particularly near the upland tarns. 



(851). A nthus spinoletta.— The Water-Pipit. 



(853). Oreocorys sylvanus. — The Upland Pipit. 



Fam. Alaudid.e. — The Larks. 



(855). Otocorys penicillata, — Gould's Horned Lark, found in summer in 

 Ladak and Gilgit. 



