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Ornithological Observations in the Sutlej valln 



[No. 1, 



174. Cepiialopyrus flammiceps, B u r t., (II. 267), is still raver 

 than the last species, and is to be found only between elevations of 

 3,000 and 7,000 feet ; it does not go eastwards beyond Wangtu brid; 



Sub-fcnnihj, PABINM 



175. iEGITHALISCUS ERYTRROCEPIIALUS, VifJ., (II. 270). 



176. LoPHOPHANEB MELANOLOPHUS, Vi(J., (II. 273). 



177. LOHPOPHANES RUFONUCHALIS, B I 1J t Jl, (II. 274). 



178. Parus monticulus, Vig., (277). 



179. Parus cinereus, Vi e i I., (II. 278). 

 All these species, except the last one, are very common in the valley 



on elevations between 4,000 and 12,000 feet. The M. erythrocephalw 

 is occasionally met with migrating from one elevated portion of the 

 valley to a lower locality, and vice versa. I found the birds in large 

 numbers moving about in the morning hours, generally associated 

 with Jhrornis xnthocliktos, Muscicapula svpcrciliaris, SittU Hi- 

 mala^ana, and other species. The same observation I have made 

 previously in C. hamba and in other parts of the hills. 



The species of Lophof anes prefer in summer higher situated pine 

 and cedar-forests, while those of Bams are more commonly seen on 

 the open places and on apricot trees in the gardens, &c. P. cinereus 

 is by far not so common on this side of the snowy ranges, as it is in 

 Kashmir and in little Tibet. It is the only species which goes farthest 

 to north and extends into Tibet, although most of the others remain 

 during the winter in the less frigid portions of the interior valleys, 

 and only seldom migrate to the plains. 



180. Machlolopiius xanthogenys, Tig., (II. 279), was only pro- 

 cured in winter at Kotegurh and appears to be even at this time of 

 the year very rare. The yellow patches on the nape and the sides of 

 the head are very pale in winter and there are occasionally even some 

 whitish feathers on the top of the head. The coloration of this and the 

 allied species is extremely like that of P. monticulus, and thus Macklo- 

 lophus may properly be considered as a transitional form between 

 Zophophanes and Burns. 



Sicb-famfy, ACCENT0RIN2E. 



181. Accentor altaicus, Brandt, (II. 287). The feathers on 

 the head, nape and neck are centrally streaked dusky, those of the 

 back and of the scapulars are centrally broadly tipped blackish brown, 



