94 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



195. Merula obscura. 



Merula obscura (Gm.) ; Seebohm^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 273 (1881) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds ii. 



p. 134 (1890). 

 Turdus pallens, Pall.j Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873); Dresser, Ibis^ 1875, p. 334 ; Prjev. in 



Rowley's Grn. Misc. ii. p. 198 (1877). 



No. 903. Sanju, October 28, 1873. 



Genus TURDUS. 

 196. TURDUS VISCIVORUS. 



Tur dus viscivorus, liinn. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 334; Blanf. 

 East. Persia, ii. p. 157 (1876) ; Wardlaw Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 54; Seebobm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 194 (1881) ; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 53; Scully, t. c. p. 439; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 105; 

 Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 86; Badde, Ornis, iii. p. 488 (1887) ; Gates, Faun! 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 148 (1890). 



No. 388. Baltal, August 12, 1873. 



Genus PETROPHILA. 



197. Petrophila erythrogaster. 



PetropJiila erythrogaster (Vig.) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 143 (1890). 

 Monticola erythrogaster (Vig.) ; Seebohrn, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 325 (1881). 



No. 94, 6 . Dungagally, near Murree, July 4, 1873. 



198. Petrophila cinclorhyncha. 



Monticola cinclorhyncha (Vig.) ; Seebohrn, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 320 (1881) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, 



p. 438. 

 Oreoecetes cinclorhynchus (Vig.) ; Wardlaw Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 54; Biddulpb, Ibis, 1881, p. 53. 

 Petrophila cinclorhyncha (Vig.) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 144 (1890). 



Nos. 3, 4, S ad. Murree, June 20, 1873. 



Nos. 38, 53, 6 ad. Murree, June 26, 1873. 



No. 152, c? juv. TJrumbu, July 24, 1873. 



No. 353, 6 ad. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873. — Length 7*6 inches, wing 4*2, tail 2*8, 



tarsus 0*9; expanse 12*6; bill from front 0*77, from gape 1*1. Iris brown; bill 



horny black ; feet pale horny. 

 Nos. 357, 358, 6 juv. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873. 



The young males, even in their first or spotted plumage, are easily recognizable, as they 

 show the white wing-spot very plainly. 



Colonel Biddulph procured a specimen near Sonamarg on the 17th of July, but did not 

 see the species anywhere else. 



199. PeTHOPHILA CYANA. 



Petrocossyphus cyanus (L.) ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 190 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, 

 p. 335 ; Wardlaw Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 54; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 53. 



