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A letter from G. T. Vigne, Esq. was read. In this letter, at the 
request of the Society’s Curator, Mr. Vigne furnishes the following 
list of Birds constituting part of a collection this gentleman had formed 
during his travels in Thibet, Cashmere, &c. 
Aguila Bonelli, Gould. Cashmere and Lower Himalaya. 
Buteo ? Cashmere. 
Accipiter fringillarius, Ray. Cashmere. 
Falco biarmicus ? Temm.] Common in the plains under the Alpine 
Chicquera? Lath. Panjab. 
Athene Cuculoides, Gould. In the Alpine Panjab. 
Caprimulgus Asiaticus, Lath. Plain of Attok. 
Merops Apiaster, Linn. Cashmere and Persia. 
Alcedo Bengalensis, Gmel. Cashmere. 
Smyrnensis. Alpine Panjab. 
Phenicornis brevirostris, Vig. 1b. 
Muscipeta castanea, Temm. Ib. 
Turdus atrogularis, Temm. Ib. 
Oriolus galbuloides, Gould. Ib. 
TIros leucogenys (Brachypus leucogenys of Hardwick and Gray’s ‘ In- 
dian Zoology’). Cashmere. 
Note.—An allied species, differing in having red instead of yellow 
under the tail, is found in the plains of India. 
Ianthocincla variegata, Gould. Alpine Panjab. 
Petrocincla savatilis, Vig. Ib. 
— Pandoo, Sykes. Ib. 
Enicurus maculatus, Vig. Cashmere. 
Phenicura leucocephala, Vig. 1b. 
Motacilla lugubris, Pall. Ib. 
Coccothraustes Icteroides, Vig. Alpine Panjab. 
Pastor Mahrattensis. Ib. 
Garrulus lanceolatus, Vig. Ib. 
Fregilus graculus, Cuv. Himalaya tops ; Little Thibet. 
Nucifraga hemispila, Vig. Cashmere. 
Cuculus micropterus, Steph. Cashmere. 
Dendrocopus Himalayanus. Alpine Panjab. 
Picus nuchalis, Wagl. Ib. 
Chrysoptilus squamatus, Swains. Ib. 
Bucco grandis, Linn. Jb. 
Tichodroma phenicoptera, Temm. Cashmere, Alpine Panjab, and 
Little Thibet. 
Columba leuconota, Vig. Thibet mountains. 
Turtur auritus, Ray. Alpme Panjab. 
Phasianus Stacei, Vig. _Chumba. 
albocristatus, Vig. Alpine Panjab. 
——- Pucrasia, Vig. Ib. 
Lophophorus Impeyanus, Vig. Cashmere and Himalaya. ; 
Tetraogallus Nigellii, Gray. Snow range, Cashmere and Little Thibet. 
Pterocles arenarius, Temm. Plains of Panjab. 
Francolinus vulgaris, Gould. Alpine Panjab and Indus. 
Perdix Chukar, Lath. 'Thibet. 
Coturnix Sinensis. India and Panjab. 
