bangs: birds from THE HIGHLANDS OF SIBERIA. 471 



SITTIDAE. 



SlTTA EUROPAEA URALENSIS Gloger. 



Four specimens, both sexes, Topucha, August 6 to August 9. 



MOTACILLIDAE. 



MOTACILLA ALBA PERSONATA Gould. 



Ten specimens, adults of both sexes and one young in nestling 

 plumage, Tchegan-Burgazi Pass, July 2 to July 20. 



BlTDYTES CITREOLA (Pallas). 



Nine specimens, adults and young in nestling plumage of both sexes, 

 Tchegan-Burgazi Pass, July 4 to July 23. 



B. citreoloides Gould, usually given as a breeding bird of the Altai 

 Mountains was not met with. 



Anthus hodgsoni Richmond. 



Two specimens, Topucha, one an adult female taken August 8, the 

 other a young female in nestling plumage, August 5. 



Anthus trivialis (Linne). 



One adult female, in very much worn plumage, but still unmistak- 

 ably belonging to this species, Topucha, August 6. 



It was of interest to find both the eastern and western tree pipits 

 in the same place in the breeding season, but Oates (Fauna of British 

 India, Birds, 2, p. 303) says that a few birds of this species (A. trivialis) 

 appear to breed in the Himalayas. 



Anthus spipoletta blackistoni Swinhoe. 



Twenty -eight specimens, adults and young of both sexes, Tchegan- 

 Burgazi Pass, July 1 to July 26. 



ALAUDIDAE. 



Otocoris alpestris brandti Dresser. 



Ten adults, both sexes, Tchegan-Burgazi Pass, and Chuisaya 

 Steppe, July 2 to July 28. All were taken at altitudes of between 

 7,300 and 9,000 feet. " 





