AVES. 97 



No. 1370. Tughamati, February 18, 1874. 

 No. 1652. Tarbashi, May 12, 1874. 



This latter specimen shows evident traces of breeding, the plumage being much worn. 



Colonel Biddulph writes :— " This was obtained just as we entered the Hills en route to 

 the Pamir at an elevation of 5500 feet." 



204. CiNCLUS SORDIDUS. 



Hijdrobata sordida, Gould; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 189 (1873) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. 



Misc. ii. p. 202 (1877). 

 Cinclus sordidus, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 317 (1881) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 165 



(1890). 



Dr. Henderson procured a single specimen at Kargil in Ladak, on the 23rd of October. 



Eamily TROGLODYTIDiE. 



Genus ANORTHURA. 



205. Anorthura pallida. 



Troglodytes nepalensis (nee Blyth) j Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. QQ (1873). 

 Troglodytes europceus (nee V.) ; Severtz. t. c. p. 138 (1873). 

 Troglodytes pallidus, Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 219, note (1875). 

 Troglodytes parvulus (nee Kocli), Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 175. 

 Anorthur a pallida, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 273 (1881). 



No. 936. Sanju, November 1, 1873.— Length 4*5 inches, wing 2*0, tail 1*5, tarsus 0*7. 



Iris brown; upper mandible blackish, the lower one paler; feet pale horny brown. 

 No. 956. Bora, November 4, 1873. 



Nos. 997, 1007, 1024, 1035, 1086. Yarkand, November 11-28, 1873. 

 No. 1118. Yangihissar, December 2, 1873. 

 No. 1227. Kashghar, January 23, 1874. 

 No. 1339. Kashghar, February 11, 1874. 



Colonel Biddulph writes : — " We got this at Sanju, and we also found it about Yarkand 

 and Kashghar. We often noticed it about the willow-trees in the fields." 



206. Anorthura neglecta. 



Troglodytes nipalensis (nee Hodgs.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 187 (1873). 

 Anorthur a neglecta (Brooks) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 278 (1881) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, 

 i. p. 338 (1889). 



Dr. Henderson obtained a specimen in the Sind Valley, but observes that it seems to be 

 rare in Kashmir. 



