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colouring ; the young incline to brown, and the old become 

 more or less hoary. The bunder (Macacus rhesus) is the most 

 common. It is distinguished from its compeers by the 

 crown of the head being dusky brown ; body inclining to 

 ash ; face naked and dusky red. It is easily domesticated 

 and taught a variety of tricks. The EnteUus monkey {Sem- 

 nopithems entelliis) is ash-gray on the upper parts ; darker 

 on the shoulders and lower part of the back ; tail grayish- 

 brown ; hands with a slight shade of black ; body slight ; 

 limbs long and slender; tail lengthened. This species has 

 been mistaken for the Lungoor, and vice versa. The en- 

 tellus is found on the lesser ranges and India, whereas the 

 other is partial to forests at high elevations. There is, 

 however, great variety in the colouring of the Himalayan 

 quadrumana, and, like the last famUy, their natural history is 

 by no means perfect. 



I killed the shaheen, or royal falcon (Falco peregrinator), in 

 the centre of the cantonments of Dugshai while it was 

 stooping on a Himalayan pipit, and observed it once or twice 

 on wing afterwards. The bird is by no means oommon, and 

 much in request for hawking. I saw it among the falcons 

 belonging to the late Eajah of Puteala. 



The Daurian or red-rumped swallow {Hirundo daurica) 

 is plentiftdly distributed over the lower regions in summer, 

 but migrates to the plains of India during the cold months. 

 It has much the appearance of the chimney-swallow, which, 

 although common in Cashmere and neighbouring ranges, does 

 not seem to frequent the mountains about Dugshai. The 

 red-rumped swallow builds on the under surfaces of jutting 

 rocks. Its nest is oblong, and has usually two or three 

 openings. The Himalayan goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps) 

 at first sight bears a striking resemblance to the European 



