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NOTES ON SOME OF OUR INDIAN STONE CHATS. 



Dr. Tristram's description is by no means a very full or satis- 

 factory one, and he gives no dimensions of bill, tarsus, or toes, 

 but one is left to gather that he separates the species on (1) size, 

 wing 1 , 3 ; and (2) on the rufous of the breast, extending to the 

 abdomen, and the narrowness of the white spot on each side of 

 the neck. 



Examining my collection I found that I had two specimens 

 answering well as regards plumage to Dr. Tristram's description, 

 viz., one from Sikhim, wing, 3"1, and one from Syree (below 

 Simla) with the wing 3*0. 



But at the same time I could not help noticing that, besides 

 these two, 1 had many others in precisely similar plumage, but 

 smaller, and with Captain C. H. S. Marshall's kind assistance 

 I got out all the adults P. indica in my collection (125 in 

 number) and measured their wings carefully with the following 

 results : — 



Males. 



Localities. 



Sikhim. 



Syree (below Simla). 



Sudya (Assam) ; Suddya (Assam). 



Sudya (Assam). 



Sudya (Assam) ; Mussouri; Pine forests of Salween, 

 above Pahpoon. 



Lower Hazara. 



Kusmore (Upper Sindh). 



Sudya (Assam). 



Almorah ; Goga : Sultanpoor, (Oudh) ; Junction of 

 Chenab and Sutlej ; Etawah. 



Roree (Sindh). 



Shahedulla (boundary of Kashgav) ; Kusmore, 

 (Upper Sindh); Indus and Itavee junction; Nor- 

 thern Sindh ; Mount Aboo ; Etawah. 



Mussouri ; Etawah. 



Thatone, (Pegu) ; Mogul-Serai. 



Kotegurh; Native Sikhim; Darjeeling ; Kotegurh ; 

 Almorah ; Petoragurh ; Mount Aboo ; Sambhur ; 

 Goga ; Mogul Serai; Etawah : Tipperah ; Banka- 

 soon, (S. Tenasserim) ; Khyketo, (Tenasserim) ; 

 Mergui, Amoy (China). 



Khagan (Cashmere) ; Etawah ; Pabyouk (Tenas- 

 serim). 



South Andamans. 



Kussowlee ; Petoragurh (Kumaon) ; Thatone, 

 (Pegu) ; Pegu ; Tanzeik (Pegu) ; Mergui. 



Mussouri ; Northern Sindh. 



Khagan (Cashmere) ; Murree ; Verney (Cashmere) ; 

 Somuda ; Kotegurh ; Simla ; Mogul-Serai ; 

 Kussouli ; Mahasu (uear Simla) ; Almorah, Al- 

 morah, Almorah, Almorah, Almorah, Kumaon ; 

 Darjeeling; Etawah; Thatone; Rangoon; Mergui; 

 Prome ; Pag-chan (extreme south of Tenasserim) ; 

 Amoy (China) ; Andamans. 



Valley of Bhagirattee. 



Simla. 



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