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arvensis intermedia (Swinlioe)^ for this race, considering it not to differ 

 from the bird of eastern Asia, but stating that in the event of their sep- 

 aration the name guttata of Brooks would be the proper one for the 

 Cashmere form, since Alauda leiopus of Hodgson^ is a nomen nudum. 

 Mr. Hume, however, in an article on the skylarks of India diiferenti- 

 ates "the Leiopus type from Ladak, Thibet, and the higher Himalayan 

 plateau generally ;" ^ giving a diagnosis, and identifying his bird — which 

 he regards as the breeding form of the region mentioned — with leiopus 

 of Hodgson, As Hume's name antedates A. guttata of Brooks, and 

 since it is a perfectly tenable one, notwithstanding the unavailability 

 of A. leiopus Hodgson, the skylark of Cashmere and Ladak should be 

 called Alauda arvensis leiopus (Hume). 



OTOCORIS LONGIROSTRIS Moore. 



Otocorys longirostris Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1855, p. 215, pi. cxi (from the 

 Gould manuscript). 



Tnree breeding birds from Ladak, taken, respectively, at Fotu-la Pass, 

 13,000 feet; Debring, Eupshu, 16,000 feet, and Tsokr Chumo Lake. 

 Male : " Bill black, leaden beneath at base." Female : " Feet black, soles 

 pale; bill dark horny, pale bluish horny beneath at base." 



Family ENICURID^. 



ENICURUS MACULATUS Vigors. 

 Enicitrus maculaius Vigors, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1830, p. 9. 



One handsome adult male, from Sind Valley, Cashmere, taken Decem- 

 ber 17, 1895, at 6,000 feet altitude. "Iris dark brown; feet and claws 

 white; bill black; length, 10 J inches." 



Family CRATEROFID^. 



TROCHALOPTERON VARIEGATUM SIMILE (Hume). 

 Trochalopteron simile Humk, Ibis, 1871, p. 408. 



Six specimens, from The Lolab and Lolab Valley, Cashmere, all taken 

 at an altitude of 8,000 feet. They are exceedingly uniform in color, 

 and j)resent very strongly the subspecific characters of simile, the outer 

 portions of the wing-quills and tail-feathers being clear gray with 

 scarcely a suggestion of olive. "In length they range from 10 to 10^ 

 inches. Iris green; feet pale fleshy brown, or [in some] pale orange- 

 brown; bill black." 



'Proc. Zool ,Soc. Loud., 1863, p. 89. 



^IcoQ.iued. iu Brit. Mus., Passeres, pi. 293 (No. 728). 



3 Stray Feathers, I, November, 1872, p. 40. 



