186&.] N. W. Himalaya. 17 



another specimen was sliot by my shikarees at Kotegurh in winter 

 t868. It is in this portion of the hills rather a rare bird. 



The greater coverts of the primaries have a white terminal spot on 

 the outer webs. The spots on the outer webs of the quills are fulvous 

 brown, paler on the inner ; the cross bands on the two central tail fea- 

 thers arc indistinct, and the plumage is generally finely mottled 

 with light brown all over ; the tips of all tail-feathers are white. 

 Below, on the sides of the breast, and on the abdomen most of the 

 feathers are centrally streaked brown, each being marked with three 

 cross bars. 



23. Otus vulgars, F I e m., (I. 125) not common in the forests near 

 Nachar. 



24. Athene cuctjloides, Vig., (I. 145), common enough about 

 Kotegurh, but very rare further in the interior. 



25. Glaucidium Bbodijbi, Bu r L, (I. 140) must breed very early 

 in the spring, for I met fully grown young birds about the end of May, 

 The species is not rare on the Hatu mountain near Kotegurh, on ele- 

 vations of 7 to 8,000 feet, and is occasionally seen all through the 

 wooded districts of the Sutlej valley, but not beyond the more extensive 

 forests. It chiefly feeds on small lizards, frogs and insects. 



IV. Fam. IIIRUNDINID2E. 



26. Hirundo rustica, L., (I. 157) is common about Kotegurh, 

 and further to East. 



27. Hirundo filifera, 8 i e p h., (I. 159). I met with this 

 species near Belaspoor, in October 1800 ; the birds were few and 

 probably migrating to the plains, for I found them during the previous 

 year rather numerous in the eastern portions of Kashmir. 



28. Hirundo erytiiropygi a, 8y k e s, (Ibis, I860, vol. II. p. 337), 

 The smaller type, which J3 1 y t h considers as distinct from 

 B. daurlca, L i n., is common all through the Sutlej valley, especially 

 in the portion between Kotegurh and the frontier of Tibet. 



29. Ootile rupestris, S c op., (I. 166). This is a common species 

 all through the valley, and also occurs on the Indus in VV. Tibet ; it 

 may have been occasionally mistaken for G. riparia which is, however, 

 much rarer ; I have only once procured a specimen in Spiti. 



30. Ciielidon Casiimiriensis, Goul d } (I. 1167) breeds occasion^ 

 ally near Kotegurh, but it is more common in the Kulu valley, 

 I do not remember to have observed Ch. urhica } except late in autumn 



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