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the 16th of September, Karakash Valley on the 15th of October, Kirog Valley on the way 

 up to the Pamir on the 24th of March, and Aktash on the 4th of April. 



Dr. Henderson writes :—'' This handsome Redstart was met with all through Ladak, 

 both in going and returning, and was especially abundant on the return journey in October. 

 It was found as high as 17,800 feet on the snow in the Chang Pass, and again on the other 

 side of the plateau it was observed in Yarkand, from about 15,000 feet to the foot of the 

 hills, but not in the plains." 



Dr. Scully gives the following note : — " This Redstart was very common during the 

 months of August and September in the mountains, at elevations of from 10,000 to 18,000 

 feet, but was never met with in the plains of Eastern Turkestan. It frequents the neigh- 

 bourhood of streams generally, hopping about on the stones and amongst the small bushes. 

 The Kirghis at Kichik Yailak say that this bird breeds during the months of June and July, 

 in the high mountains near their encampment, and their name for it is ' Kizil Kurgenak,' 

 L e. ' Red Kestrel ' ! " 



Colonel Biddulph has forwarded the following note :— '' I first found this Redstart at 

 Leh, and all the way to the Pangong Lake, up to an altitude of 14,000 feet, in September. 

 Afterwards I met with it in the valley of the Karakash, and again on going up to the Pamir, 

 and in Wakhan, but not in the plains of Turkestan. We found them generally in rocky 

 ground, more or less covered with bushes, on which they often perched. I did not observe 

 that they had any predilection for water." 



Genus RHYACORNIS. 



183. Rhyacornis fuliginosa. 



Ruticilla fuliginosa (Vig.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 212^ pi. xv. (1873) ; Prjev. in Eowley's 



Orn. Misc. ii. p. 177 (1877). 

 Rhyacornis fuliginosa, Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind.^ Birds^ ii. p. 98 (1890). 



Dr. Henderson procured this species at Punch, below the Haji Pir Pass, on the way 

 down from Kashmir. 



Genus CYANECULA. 



184. Cyanecula c^rulecula. 



Lusciola suecica, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873). 



Cyanecula suecica (necL.); Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 214 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 341; 

 Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 169 (1876) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 145 (1876) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, 

 p. 58; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 65; Scully, t. c. p. 447; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 108; Severtz. Ibis, 

 1883, p. 68 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 84 ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 82 

 (1887) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 99 (1889). 



Erythacus cceruleculus (Pall.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 308 (1881) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc 

 (2) Zool. V. p. 73 (1889). 



Cyanecula cmrulecula, Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 180 (1877) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 37 

 (1885). 



No. 489, c^ . Kharbu, Ladak, August 21, 1873.— Length 6 inches, wing 2*9, tail 2*25, 

 tarsus 1*1 ; expanse 9; bill from front 0*4, from gape 0-7 ; length of foot 1*45. Bill 

 black ; feet horny black. 



No. 495. Kharbu, August 21, 1873. 



