122 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY OF GILGIT. 
116.—Budytes calcaratus, Hodgson. (594.) 
A summer visitor, and breeds in Gilgit. In nine specimens 
the wings measure 3°15 to 3:5; the adult female has the back 
coal-black, as in the male, but is smaller and has less white 
on the wing. 
117.—Budytes citreolus, Pallus. (594 bis.) 
This Wagtail is a summer visitor, and breeds in the Gilgit 
district. I obtained specimens from the 6th March to the 
6th June, and again from the 18th August to October. I can 
confirm Major Biddulph’s observation that the fully adult 
female of this species is coloured precisely like the adult male 
in breeding-plumage; but many of the females appear to 
breed in a younger stage of plumage, when the head is olive, 
witb a bright yellow supercilium and dark ear-coverts. In 
twenty-two males the wings vary from 3°3 to 3°7 inches, and 
in twelve females the wings measure 3°1 to 3:2. 
118.—Anthus trivialis, Lin. (597.) 
A summer visitor, arriving about the middle of April, and 
migrating southwards in September ; it breeds at an elevation 
of about 9,000 feet. In the series collected, every stage’ ot 
plumage can be exactly matched by Huropean specimens 
procured at like seasons. The Hastern form, A. maculatus of 
Hodgson, is quite distinct from this species. 
120.—Anthus rosaceus, Hodgs. (605.) 
Common on passage from the 22nd April to the end of May ; 
not observed during the autumn migration. Ten specimens, 
in full breeding-plumage, have the wing 3°3 to 3:7 inches ; 
and tail, 2°6 to 3:1; minor wing-coverts green; edge of wing 
and axillaries sulphur-yellow. 
122.—Anthus blakistoni, Swinhoe. (605 quat.) 
Common from the middle of October to the beginning of 
April. In the males the wings vary in length from 3:4 to 3:7 
inches, and the tails from 2°75 to 2°9; in females the wings 
measure 3°25 to 3°45, and the tails from 2°5 to 2:9. Birds 
shot in Gilgit in November agree perfectly with Mr. Swirhoe’s 
type of Anthus blakistont from Amoy, with which I have 
compared them. 
124.—Leptopescile sophie, Sev. (633 bis.) 
The occurrence of this interesting species in the Indus 
valley, at an elevation of little over 5,000 feet, shows how 
little this region has been explored by Indian ornithologists. 
