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



209 Ekbmka pithyoenis, P •* I, ("• 3 ™> is occasionally shot 

 in winter at Kotegnrh, but I have not observed it during the 

 summer anywhere in the Sutlej valley. 



210 EMtauzA Sowim, JH,fk (H- 374). In the old male 

 all the under parts extending from the chest nearly to the lower tad 

 coverts are chesnut, mingled with white on the vent, on winch some 

 of the feathers often have besides a central brown streak; the 

 outer web of the first pair of the outer tail feathers is mostly white. 



In the old female each feather above is centrally and below only 

 terminally brown, the rest is light ashy or sometimes fulvous brown 

 internally the feathers are slaty; chin and throat are whit, g h vent 

 and edgings of the wing coverts somewhat deeper fulvous ; the edgings 

 of the tertiaries are broad with a rufous tinge, upper tail-coverts 

 almost purely chesnut. There are generally also some traces of 

 brown or chesnut on the sides of the breast and on the scapulars. Ihe 

 two central tail feathers are broadly margined with rufous, the others 

 only slightly so on the outer webs, and besides somewhat paler; 

 the two outer tail feathers on each side are near the base black, the 

 rest being white except on the black shafts ; of these two outermost 

 tail feathers the first one is less black at the base, than the one next 



to it. 



Youna 'females differ from the old ones in having all the fulvous 

 brown colour much paler, and whitish. The- young males are also very 

 like the old ones, only that the brown central streaks on the breast 

 and on the head are much narrower, the central tail feathers ess 

 margined with rufous and more black ; the chesnut on the scapula* 

 and on the sides of the breast is also somewhat less developed. Tins 

 species occurs in summer in the interior portions of the N. W Hima- 

 laya • in the Sutlej valley it is scarcely seen west of the Wangtu bridge, 

 but it is very common about Chini and farther to east, making a nest 

 of coarse grass near the ground in low bushes. I found young birds 

 about the middle of June. It is only partially a migratory bird and 

 remains in the wooded parts of the valley generally all the year, but 

 apparently not in Tibet. 



211 Emberiza fhcata, Pall. (II. 375). The grey on the head 

 is rather variable, sometimes it is very conspicuous, in other cases 

 scarcely traceable; occasionally some of the feathers on the head are 



