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and under surface. Two of the three breeding females are from Gya, at 

 13,000 and 15,000 feet, respectively, and though in every other respect 

 typical, have the throat and sides of the neck, not including the chin, 

 dull brownish black, somewhat mixed with bufify, instead of the ordi- 

 nary dull buffy. The third female is from Tsokr Chumo Lake, at 15,000 

 feet altitude; the collector's note on the label, "bill, feet, and claws 

 black," is applicable to both males and females. 



The name Siaxicola montana Gould, currently used for this stone chat, 

 is preoccupied by 8axicola montana Koch,^ which is Monticola sa.ratdlis 

 Liuuneus; and as there are no synonyms, the new name above given 

 becomes necessary. . 



PHCENICURUS ERYTHRONOTUS (Eversmann) . 



Sylvia erytlironola Eveusmann, Add. Pallas' Zoogr. Eosso-As., II, 1841, p. 11. 

 Fhocnicurus enjtlironotus Eichmond, Proc. TJ. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 482. 



One female in perfect fall plumage, from the Valley of Cashmere. 

 "Bill and feet black." 



PETROPHILA CYANA (Linnaeus). 

 Turdus cyavus Linn.eus, Sj'st. Nat., 12th ed., I, 1766, p. 296. 



One adult male, in every respect apparently typical of this form, 

 from Saspul, Indus Yalley, Ladak, at 10,000 feet. "Bill, feet, and 

 claws black; inside of mouth yellow." The specimens recorded by Dr. 

 Eichmond in his paper on Cashmere birds ^ were, by inadvertence, 

 entered as Fetrophila solitaria. 



The very long wings appear sufficiently to distinguish the genus 

 Petrophila from Monticola. 



MOTACILLA ALBOIDES Hodgson. 



Motacilla alhoides Hodgson, Asiat. Eesearches, XIX, 1836, p. 191. 

 Motacilla hodijsoni Hodgson, in Gray's Zool. Misc., 1844, p. 83 (from tlie Blyth 

 maunscript). 



Three specimens. Two of these, an adult male and female in breed- 

 ing plumage, are from Saspul, Indus Valley, Ladak, at 10,000 feet. 

 Dr. Abbott's notes are: "Iris dark brown; bill and feet black. The 

 commonest wagtail hereabouts. In pairs ; often on stony hillsides quite 

 a distance from water." Tlie third example is a winter male, with 

 white chin, taken in the Valley of Cashmere. "Length, 7| inches." 



Mr. Hodgson's Motacilla alhoides has priority over the same author's 

 M. Jwdgsoni, and as his original descriiDtion of alhoides without doubt 

 applies to the present species, the name should be adopted. 



' System der Baiern. Zoologie, 1816, p. 185. 

 2 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 488. 



