!868.] N. W. Himalaya. 13 



plumage remarkably yellowish rusty, only slightly albescent on the 

 throat, where the quills of the feathers are white, while those of the 

 rest of the plumage are pale brown. 



6. Hypotriorchis subbuteo, L in., (I. 3?,). I found a pair of old 

 birds near Chini in August 1866, but I could not ascertain whether 

 they breed here, although it seems very probable. J e r d o n says that 

 they do not breed in this country, referring of course to India proper. 



7. Hypotriorchis severus, Ho r sf., (I. 34) is not common in the 

 forests about Kotcgurh and in Kulu, and during the summer seems 

 to migrate further to North. 



8. Hypotriorchis Ciiiquera, Dau d., (I. 36) occasionally breeds 

 near Belaspoor, where I found several young birds about the end 

 of May, but I never met with a specimen in the interior of the hills. 



9. Tinunculus alaudarius, B t i s s., (I. 38) common all through 

 the N. W. Himalayas, on the southern side as well as in W. Tibet. 

 I found this common European hawk breeding near Chini in narrow 

 crevices of rocks. The eggs are dirty white, mottled and irregularly 

 spotted with reddish brown. The young birds vary extremely in colour 

 of their plumage, but the old ones are in every way identical with 

 those from Europe. 



10. Erythropus vespertinus, £;tt., (I. 40) rather rarely seen, 

 and only in the lower hills. 



11. Astur palumbarius, L i n., (I. 45) occasionally appears near 

 Kotcgurh in the spring, probably on its way to Central Asia, for I have 

 not observed it during the summer months any where in the eastern 

 parts of the Sutlej valley, not even in Kulu. 



12. Accipiter nisus,!, in., (I. 51) comparatively rare in the 

 interior, but more common in the lower hills. 



13. Accipiter virgatus, Te m., (I. 52) is by far more common 

 than the last, especially about Kotegurh, Rampoor, the Kulu valley, 

 and also more westward towards Kashmir, but I have not seen it to 

 the east of the forests of Nachar. 



14. Accipiter ? nisoidbs, Blyth, (an A. gularis, S c h e g e 1 f) 

 1845, J. A. S. B. Vol. XV. p. 727. The following is a description 

 of a full grown male,* an evidently freshly moulted specimen ; it was 



# Known by dissection. 



