36 Ornithological Observations in the Sutlej valley, [No. 1, 



sides ashy with dusky quills, vent aud lower tail coverts mostly white, 

 the latter somewhat rufous or dusky hrown, as in the male 



106. Tuunns HonosoNi, L afr., (I. 531), is common all through the 

 hills adjoining the Sutlej valley ; it breeds about Chini and m L*oL 

 The young bird, and probably also the female, has the feathers above 

 centrally streaked pale fulvous, and on the back tipped dark brown. 

 The plumage below is very rarely ferruginous, but often fulvous; 

 sometimes almost pure white. The size and number of the cordate, 

 hrown spots is very variable and scarcely in two specimens exactly the 

 same Sometimes they are very large and less numerous, not extend- 

 ing to the throat; in other specimens they are much smaller and 

 conspicuous on all the feathers of the lower plumage. The size of the 

 bird itself varies from 10 to 11| inches. Its voice is exactly the same 

 as that of the European T. viscivorus* from which after all it may 

 not be specifically distinct. It often feeds on the ground upon insects 

 and berries, but is almost as often seen on trees. 



107 OHOOiaoLi mollissima, Blytb, (I. 533), rs chiefly confined to 

 the lower hills, not usually exceeding elevations of 6,000 feet ; it is not 

 so common in the eastern parts of the Sutlej valley beyond Kotegurh, 

 as it is more to west, in Chamba and in the eastern parts of Kashmir. 



108 Grammatoptila striata, Vig., (II. U), S* only a winter 

 visitant to Kotegurh, but then rather numerous. It must during 

 the summer inhabit the higher forests along the central snowy range 

 of the Himalayas, in North Kulu or in Kunawar, though I never met 

 with it myself during the summer months in this portion of the hills. 



109. Pyctorhis sinensis, G m e I., (II. 18). is confined to the lower 

 hills only, being common about Belaspoor, but it is seldom seen even 

 as far east as Kotegurh. 



110. Stachyris pyrrhops, Hodgs., (II. 21). All the feathers 



on the head have a pale rufous tinge, those next of the black throat 



have the quills also black ; the quills of the rest of the lower plumage 



are pale rufescent, and of the upper olivaceous, similar to the general 



colouring of the bird ; the back and abdomen have a prominent 



greenish° tinge ; the middle tail feathers are obscurely barred across, 



and mnch paler brown below, than above. 



» The Eoropea,. species is in general smaller than the Himalayan one, which 

 has the throat hardly streaked and of yellowish colour. 



