228 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voL.xxn. 



<?ow,^ commonly employed for this and allied species, is clearly untena- 

 ble, being preoccupied by Chelidon Forster,^ which is a synonym of 

 Hirimdo Linnaeus. Delichon Moore ^ was proposed for the bird now 

 known as GheUdon nipalensis, but as this species appears to be not 

 generically distinct from C. urbica and its allies, the generic name 

 Delichon must be used for all. The only alternative is to restrict Deli- 

 cJion to nepalensis and use Chelidonaria Eeichenow^ for the urbica 

 group.^ 



Family PAEID^. 



^GITHALISCUS NIVEOGULARIS (Moore). 



Orites (f) niveogularis Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1854, p. 140 (from the 



Gould manuscript). 

 jEgithaliscus niveogularis Jerdon, Birds Ind., II, 1863, p. 272. 



Four specimens of this handsome species, from the Sind Valley, Gash- 

 mere, at 6,000 feet. " Length, from 4^ to 4| inches," the female being 

 slightly smaller. "Iris dark brown; feet orange brown; bill black." 



Family STURNID^. 



STURNUS VULGARIS MENZBIERI (Sharpe). 



Sturnus menzhieri Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p. 438. 



Sturnus vulgaris menzMeri Richmond, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 1896, p. 573. 



Two specimens from the Valley of Cashmere. " Iris blackish brown; 

 feet dark purplish brown; bill black. Length of male, 9 inches; of 

 female, 8| inches." This is apparently an easily distinguishable race. 



Family OORVID^. 

 TRYPANOCORAX FRUGILEGUS (Linnaeus). 



Corviis frugilegus Linn^us, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, p. 105. 

 Trypanocorax frugilegus Loche, Esplor. Sci. Alger., Ois., I, 1858, p. 113. 



Two adult males from the Valley of Cashmere, taken respectively on 

 December 24 and 27, 1895. 



CORVUS CORAX Linnseus. 



Corvits corax Linn.eus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., I, 1758, p. 105. 



One male, from the Hanl6 River, Rupshu, Ladak, at 15,000 feet. 

 "Length, 20^ inches." 



' Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 550. 



2 Syuop. Cat. Brit. Birds, 1817, p. 17. 



3 Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1854, p. 104, 



4 Journ. f. Orn., 1889, p. 187. 



6 Eeichenow, Ornith. Monatsb., 1899, p. 81. 



