20 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



36. Pica leucoptera. 



Pica leucoptera, Gould; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 66 (1877) ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. 

 Wien, 1883, p. 88 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 52 ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 69 (1889). 

 Pica caudata, jB. leucoptera, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873). 



No. 1111. Yangihissar, December 2, 1873. 

 No. 1173. Kashghar, December 21, 1873. 



Genus UROCISSA. 



37. UHOCISSA ELAVIROSTEIS. 



Urocissa flavirostris (Blyth) ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 242 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iii. p. 72 (1877) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 27 (1889). 



No. 18. Murree, June 23, 1873. 

 No. 58. Murree, June 28, 1873. 

 No. 276. Gond, Sind Valley, August 8, 1873. 



Mr. Hume's opinion that Gould's U. cucullata cannot stand (Lahore to Yark. p. 242), is 

 confirmed by Mr. Gates {I. c). Dr. Henderson states that the species was very abundant 

 throughout the Kashmir valley, at the foot of the hills ; it was met with at Banihal and 

 again near Baramula and Uri. 



Genus DENDROCITTA. 



38. Dendeocitta himalayensis. 



Dendrocitta himalayensis, Blyth; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 79 (1877) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, i. p. 32 (1889). 



No. 125. Ehara, Jhelum Valley, July 17, 1873. 



A nestling, not fully grown. 



Genus GARRULUS. 



39. Garrulus bispeculahis. 



Garrulus bispecularis.Yig. P. Z. S. 1830, p. 7; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 242 (1873); 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 100 (1887) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 39 (1889). 

 No. 13. Murree, June 23, 1873. 



A couple of specimens were obtained by Dr. Henderson on the road to Kashmir on each 

 side of the snowy pass ; it was not noticed elsewhere. 



40. Gaurulus lanceolatus. 



Garrulus lanceolatus, Vigors, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 7; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 101 (1877) • Gates 

 Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 38 (1889). ^ J > 



No. 8. Murree, June 21, 1873. 

 No. 41. Murree, June 25, 1873. 



Genus NUCIFRAGA. 



41. NUCIFEAGA MULTIPTJNCTATA. 



Nucifraga multipunctata, Gould, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 23 ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark p 239 (1873)- 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 55 (1877) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 78; Scully, ibid. p. 572; Oates^ 

 Faun. Brit, Ind., Birds, i. p. 41 (1889). 



