22 Ornithological Observations in tie Sutlej valley, [No. 1, 



towards the tertiaries ; the edges of the white inner webs of the two 

 central tail feathers are generally also black. The white below has 

 usually a green tinge, but is purer on the throat ; each of the feathers 

 has about the middle of its length a round black spot, gradually 

 passing into crossbars on the vent. 



The female has the head above uniformly greenish, occasionally 

 somewhat dull brown. Dr. Jerdon 's description— loc. cit — seems 

 to have been taken from an imperfect female specimen only. 



The Vivia minuta of Temminck has the head of the male scarlet 

 above, posteriorly black with small white spots ; otherwise it is like 

 the Himalayan species, which though not very rare about Kotegurh 

 is very seldom met with beyond the Nachar forests. Near Kotegurh 

 it occurs between 6 and 8,000 feet, and about Serahan up to 9000 

 feet ; it is a permanent resident of the valley. 



53. Yunx torquilla L in., (I. 303). I only procured, at the end 

 October 1866 one specimen near Belaspoor ; it Nvas probably migrat- 

 ing from Kashmir, or from Chamba, where this species is common 

 during the summer months. 



IX. Fam. MEQALMM1LM. 



The species belonging to this family are mostly confined to the 

 lower elevations : they are very rarely met with above 9,000 feet. 



54. MEGALiEMA virens, Bod d., (I. 308), is common in the forests 

 about Gaora (7,000—8,000 feet). 



55. Megaljsma Hodgsoni, Bonap., (Ibis 1866, p. 358— M. 

 lineata, Vieil I. apud Jerdon I. 309), generally only occurs at 

 elevations not exceeding 3000 feet, while the next, 



56. Megaljema caniceps, Frank I. (I. 310), has not been seen 

 even beyond Belaspoor, though common in the Dhoon, south of Kangra 

 and about Nadoan. 



57. XANTHOLiEMA indica, Lath,, (1.315) is also common in 

 the low hills, but it does not go even as far east as Kotegurh, 

 where the bottom of the valley is only about 3,000 feet above the 

 level of the sea. 



XII. Fam. GUCULIDJE. 



58. Cuculus canorus, Lin., (I. 322) is, between April and 

 November, common all through the valley, probably migrating into 

 Central Asia. I have also seen it south of Lei in W. Tibet. Its 



