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back. This species does not occur in summer to the west of Nachar 

 and not below 8,000 feet. It breeds near Cliini and even here almost 

 only near the limit of trees at about 12,000 feet. It is often seen 

 about Korzog in Rupshu, on an elevation of between 15 and 1G,000 

 feet. During the cold weather, it is tolerably common about Kotegurh 

 and occasionally also about Simla. 



138. Tarsiger ciirys^eus, II o d g s. (II. 149). Only one specimen 

 was procured in winter at Kotegurh, it is a female and somewhat 

 smaller, than the measurement given by Dr. Jerdo n, the wing being 

 only 2| inches and the tail hardly 2 inches ; I have never met the 

 species on my summer visits to the Sutlej valley, or in W. Tibet. 



139. Calliope pectoralis, G o u I d (II. 150). The young bird 

 is above dark drown, the feathers being centrally streaked pale yellow ; 

 wings brown, wing coverts tipped and edged externally with slight 

 rufescent, upper tail coverts with a ferruginous tint ; tail brown, except 

 on the four central feathers, being white at the base and tipped whitish or 

 pale rufescent ; snperciliar stripe pale, scarcely traceable ; below dull 

 white, all the feathers on the chin, throat and the breast margined 

 dusky. 



Rare in the eastern parts of the valley, generally frequenting brush- 

 woods ; migrates to Tibet and Central Asia during the summer. 



140. Cyanecula suectca, Linn. (II. 152), is not very rare about 

 the end of October in the lower and western parts of the valley. I found 

 it breeding in little Tibet, where it appears to be common during 

 the hot season. The young birds are almost identical in colouring 

 with those of Calliope pectoralis, except that the ferruginous on the 

 base of the tail and the whitish tips of the last species are wanting. 



As there are in the interior of the hills no extensive grassy places 

 or swamps along the Sutlej, representatives of the sub-families cala- 

 moherpin.e and drymoicin^e are consequently very rare, and only of 

 the latter sub-family the next species, 



141. Suya criniger, Eodg s. (II. 183), is rather a common bird, 

 being found on grassy slopes all through the lower ranges of the hills, 

 but it does not go very far into the interior. 



The wide separation of Eurycercus (Laticilla, Blyth) from these 

 I birds appears almost a too forcible one. phylloscopinje are com- 

 paratively very numerous, but their determinations are in many 



