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92. Myiopiionus Temminckii, Virj., (I. 500), is usually known 

 under the name of black-bird ; very common all through the N. W. 

 Himalayas and most probably also to be found in Central Asia. It 

 breeds at Chini and Sungnum on an elevation of between 9 and 11,000 



feet. 



93. Hydbobata asiatica, Sw a in s., (I. 506)), occurs all through 

 the valley, but is not usually found beyond the limit of the forests. 



94. Hydeobata cashmibensis, Gould, {I. 507). I have only 

 seen one specimen of this species on a small mountain stream between 

 Chini and Sungnum, it is however more common in W. Tibet and in 

 northern Kashmir. 



95. Hydbobata? sf>. I have obtained through my shikarees a 

 specimen of an apparently new species of Hydrobata, which was shot 

 on the Sutlej river below Kotegurh at the beginning of March 1867. 

 The following is a short description. Entire plumage light ashy grey, 

 spotted with dull white, more white below, the white spots very large 

 on the belly and breast ; chin and throat yellowish white, each fea- 

 ther tipped dusky; wing and tail blackish, all the feathers narrowly 

 margined with white ; bill and legs pale or whitish brown. Length of 

 wing SJ inch., tail very nearly two inches ; bill only | of an inch long. 

 The spotted plumage makes it probable that this species only is a 

 young bird of some other known form, but this I am for the present 

 unable to trace out. The young of H. asiatica, which is the only species 

 common in the lower hills, has the throat and the front of the breast 

 perfectly white, thus differing from our bird. The species might 

 belong to II. Cashmirensis, but for this it is rather too small. Further 

 materials only can settle this point. 



The bill of Hydrobata much more resembles that of the Mota- 

 cillid^ than to that of the Merulid.e ; Bonaparte's classification of 

 ffydrobata, in the neighbourhood of Euicurus, Motacilla a. oth., seems 

 to be, therefore, a more natural one ; the habits of these birds are 

 also in favour of this classification. 



96. ZOOTHERA MONTICOLA, V l g. (I. 509). 



A single specimen of this species was procured near Kotegurh in 

 February 1867. The general colouring of the bird certainly recalls 

 that of many other Merulina?, but the bill is somewhat similarly formed 

 to that of Pomatorhinus. Head and nape are dark olivaceous brown, the 



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