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examples average larger and paler, but I cannot make out 
any perfectly constant differences. In eighteen males the 
wings measure 4°5 to 4°85 inches, and in seven females 4°1 
to 4:25. 
181. —Alauda guttata, Brooks. (? 767 bis.) 
It is difficult to decide whether our summer Sky Lark 
should be referred to Alauda gulgula, Frankl., or considered 
distinct from that species; it seems to be merely a large pale 
race of d. gulgula. In ten males the wings measure 3°9 to 
4:1 inches, and in four females 3°6 to 3°7. 
182.—Galerita cristata, Lin. (769.) 
The Gilgit race of this common species is small and very 
grey-coloured. In the males the wings measure 4 to 4-1 inches, 
and in the females 3°75 to 3°85. 
183.—Alsocomus hodgsoni, Vig. (783.) 
A summer visitor only to the forests, not found in the 
main valley. A male example from Gilgit agrees completely 
with an adult male from Moupin in Mr. Seebohm’s collection. 
The female differs from the male in having all the colours 
more dull; the capis ashy, there are fewer white spots on 
the coverts, the ruddy triangular marks on the feathers of 
the lower parts begin on the chest only, and do not extend 
to the fore neck; the flanks are more invaded by dusky ash- 
colour ; and the sides of the neck are more uniform grey. 
In none of the specimens I have examined are there any 
white spots on the flanks. 
184.—Columba casiotis, Bonap. (784..) 
This Wood-Pigeon is a fairly common summer visitor ; it 
arrives about the middle of April, and leaves in the middle of 
November. It breeds in the forests above 8,000 feet, and is 
found in the main valley at about 5,000 feet, on arrival in 
April and May, and again in October and November on its 
way down south. Adults of this species are well distin- 
guished from the European C. palumbus by having a buff 
instead of a pere white neck-patch; but young birds, before 
the assumption of the neck-patch, are precisely similar in 
both forms. 
186.—Columba livia, Bonap. (788 bis.) 
I cannot agree with Major Biddulph that we have two 
species of Pigeon of this type in Gilgit. J paid much atten- 
tion to these birds, shot scores of them, and preserved the 
