1872.] W. T. Blanford— Zoology of 8iJc7cim. 47 



Hirundinidce. 

 93 Cheeedo^ Cashmieiensis, Gould. — Common on the Chola range 

 about the upper limit of forest, 12,000 to 13,000 feet. It was chiefly seen 

 hunting over streams and lakes, 



LaniidcB. 

 258 LajSTES tepheostotes (Vigors). — Common at Lachung, 8,000 to 

 9,000 feet in the beginning of September, but three weeks later all had disap- 

 peared. Many of those seen were in young plumage with hair on the breast, 

 back, and scapulars. 



Cam/p ep 7i ag idee. 



271 Peeiceocotes soeaeis, Blyth. — I shot a female from amongst a 

 flock at about 10,000 feet elevation near Lachung. 



There is evidently a misprint in Jerdon's description of the female of this 

 bird. It is the back which is olive green, the lower parts are deep yellow 

 passing into whitish on the throat. The rump is dark yellow with a slight 

 brownish tinge. 



The female of P. Solaris is distinguished from that of P. Irevirostris 

 by its shorter bill, greyer head, ashy ear coverts, whitish throat, and especially 

 by wanting the broad yellow forehead of the last named species, which I 

 found abundant in the Tista valley at elevations below about 6,000 feet. 



MuscicapidcB. 



296 Hemiceceeedon sebeeica, (Gm.) . — H. fuliginosa, Hodgs. 



One young specimen obtained in the Lachen valley at about 9,000 feet. 



291 Cheledorhtotx ecypoxantba. (Blyth). — Common in pine forests 

 at the foot of the Chola pass at about 12,000 feet elevation. In the interior 

 I did not notice it above about 8,000 feet, below that it abounded. It was 

 iisually seen in small flocks, bunting about trees. 



319 Sipttta steophiata, Hodgs. — The only fly-catcher commonly seen 

 in the pine woods of the Lachung and Lachen valleys. Here it was found 

 up to an elevation of 12,000 feet, associating with tits, Sylviads, and Ixuli. 

 It was also common on the Chola range at the same elevation. The white 

 on the rectrices decreases on the outer feathers, as noticed by Stoliczka in 

 specimens from N. W. Himalayas. (J. A. S. B., 1868, Part ii, p. 32). 



The plumage of the young bird does not appear to have been described ; 

 the folio whig is that of a specimen shot at Yeomatong, in the i;pper Lachung 

 valley, on September 12th. Upper parts and sides of the head and neck brown, 

 the feathers of the head with narrow brownish yellow streaks down the centre ; 

 these increase in size till, on the back, the feathers are brownish yellow with 

 dusky brown margins ; the same on the rump, but the colour is a little less 

 brilliant. Quills and coverts dark brown, broadly edged with rufous brown. 



