NO. 1195. BIRDS FROM CENTRAL ASIA— OBEEHOLSER. 221 



Family ACCENTORID^. 



ACCENTOR HIMALAYANUS Blyth. 



Accentor Idmalayanus Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., XI, 1842, p. 187. 

 Accentor altaicas Brandt, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb., I, 1843, p. 365. 



One young male, from Mya, on the Indus Eiver, Ladak, at 13,000 

 feet. 



This bird is in first plumage, though wings and tail are full grown, 

 and may be described as follows : Upper surface dull bufty ochraceous, 

 rather more ashy on nape, darker on back; everywhere, except on 

 upper tail-coverts, mottled with Harker, these markings largest on 

 back, duller and smaller on head and hind neck ; tail fuscous, edged 

 externally with chestnut; wings fuscous, with broad margins of chest- 

 nut, the wing-coverts tipped with ocbraceous; sides of head and neck 

 dull brown mixed with ochraceous; a poorly indicated superciliary 

 stripe of buffy; chin buff, speckled with dusky; throat pale dull buff, 

 thickly marked with blackish; breast and jugulum deep ochraceous, 

 streaked with blackish; remainder of under surface plain bufiy. 

 '' Length, 6^ inches." 



Though commonly known as Accentor altaicns, there seems to be no 

 reason why the earliest name for this bird, Accentor himalayanus Blyth, 

 should not be employed, since the original description is clearly perti- 

 nent enough to be tenable. 



Family TURDID.E. 



SAXICOLA PICATA CAPISTRATA (Gould). 



Saxicola capistrata Gould, Birds Asia, 1865, Pt. 17. 



Saxicola picata capistrata Kichmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 480. 



One adult male from Kargil, Ladak, taken June 23, 1897, at 8,000 feet 

 altitude. "Bill and feet black." This bird is in rather worn plumage, 

 particularly on the head, but is apparently quite a typical specimen. 

 Intergradation with true picata makes necessary the trinomial desig- 

 nation here emx)loyed. 



SAXICOLA OREOPHILA, new name. 

 Saxicola montana Gould, Birds Asia, 1865, Pt. 17 (nee Koch). 



Seven specimens, all from localities in Ladak. Two of the three 

 breeding males are from Gya, at 15,000 feet; the other is from Debring, 

 Rupsbu, at 16,000 feet, and all are in worn condition. An October male 

 from Eurla, in the Indus Valley, at 10,000 feet, is in freshly molted 

 plumage, and, besides having the black areas obscured by light tips to 

 the feathers, is elsewhere on the body strongly tinged with Isabella 

 color, this particularly evident on the lower back, upper tail-coverts, 



