80 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Colonel Biddulpli states that he procured this species at Panjah in Wakhan in April, at 

 Aktala in May, and at Duba on the 6th of June. 



Dr. Stoliczka found the species very common in the Duba Valley on the 6th of June 

 but it was then only pairing, and he supposed it would not lay before the end of June. 



Genus AC ANTHOPNEUSTE. 



161. ACANTHOPNEUSTE VmiDANA. 



Acanthopneuste viridanus (Blyth) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 414 (1889). 



Phylloscopus viridanus, Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 220, pi. xix. (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. 



p. 148 (1876) j Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 59; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 44 (1881) ; 



Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. m -, Scully, ibid. p. 448; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. Q7. 

 Phyllopneuste viridana, Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 84. 



No. 362. Sonamarg, August 8, 1873. 



No. 380. Baltal, August 12, 1878. 



No. 457. Kargil, August 19, 1873. 



No. 628. Leh, September 4, 1873. 



No. 861. Gidjik, N. of Sanju Pass, October 24, 1873. 



This species, according to Dr. Henderson, was common in Hill Yarkand, at the Arpalik 

 River, in August. Dr. Scully says that he observed it among the tamarisk and willow- 

 bushes fringing the Sanju stream, and along the banks of the Karakash River. 



162. Acanthopneuste occipitalis. 



Acanthopneuste occipitalis ( Jerd.) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 418 (1889). 

 Phylloscopus occipitalis, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 50 (1881). 

 Reguloides occipitalis, Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. QQ ; Scully, t. c. p. 449. 



No. 35. Murree, June 25, 1873. 



Nos. 48, 49. Murree, June 26, 1873. 



No. 87. Changligally, July 3, 1873. 



No. 281, $ . Gond, August 8, 1873. — Length 4*8 inches, wing 2*6, tail 1*9, tarsus 0*35; 



bill from front 0*35, from gape 0*56. Iris dark brown ; bill brown, yellow on lower 



mandible ; feet leaden grey. 

 Nos. 290, 297. Gaganghir, August 9, 1873. 

 No. 311. Sonamarg, August 10, 1873. 

 No. 363. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873. 

 No. 387. Baltal, August 12, 1873. 



Colonel Biddulph notes this species from Sonamarg in July, and in the Jhelum Valley 

 in August. 



Genus CRYPTOLOPHA. 



163. Cryptolopha xanthoschista. 



Abrornis xanthoschistus (Hodgs.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 220, pi. 20. fi^, 1 (1873). 

 Cryptolopha xanthoschista, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iv. p. 398 (1879, pt.) -, Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., 

 Birds, i. p. 425 (1889). 



Pound by Dr. Henderson to be very common in Kashmir in May and October. Colonel 

 Biddulph obtained a specimen at Baramula in July. 



