102 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Genus PTERUTHIUS. 



223. Pteruthius euythropterus. 



Pteruthius erythropterus (Vig.) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 224 (1889). 

 No. 105, $ . Murree, July 9, 1873. 

 No. 112, s . Murree, July 11, 1873. 

 No. 114, 6 . Murree, July 12, 1873. 

 No. 116, $ . Murree, July 13, 1873. 



No 112 is a young male with a brown head and back, but having the black ear-stripe 

 and black wings of the adult male, with the exception that the wing-coverts have the ends 

 brown. The tail is black, but is tipped with white, as in the adult female. 



Family PYCNONOTIDJE. 



Genus HYPSIPETES. 



224. Hypsipetes psakoides. 



Hypsipetes psaroides (Vig.) ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 198 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vi. p. 36 (1881); Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 260 (1889). 



No. 1. Murree, June 20, 1873. 

 No. 6. Murree, June 21, 1873. 

 Nos. 22, 26. Murree, June 24, 1873. 

 Nos. 76, 78. Murree, July 2, 1873. 

 No. 148. TJrumbu, July 24, 1873. 



Colonel Biddulph procured this species in the Jhelum Valley in August 1874. Dr, 

 Henderson says that it was common at Banipal on both sides of the pass leading from Jamu 

 to Srinagar, but was not seen elsewhere. 



Genus MOLPASTES. 



225. MOLPASTES INTERMEDIUS. 



Pycnonotus intermedius, A. Hay; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. vi. p. 130 (1881). 

 Molpastes intermedius, Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 272 (1889). 



No. 54. Murree, June 27, 1873. 



226. Molpastes LEUcoaENYS. 



Otocompsa leucogenys (Gray) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 200 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 



Mus. vi. p. 160 (1881). 

 Molpastes leucogenys, Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 272 (1889). 



No. 169. Sopur, July 26, 1873. 



Colonel Biddulph states that this species was very common in the Sind Valley and in 

 Kashmir generally, but was seen nowhere else. Dr. Henderson also states that it was 

 common throughout Kashmir. 



