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taining a notice of this bird^ in which the difference in the 
plumage of the young is pointed out. I see that he says 
very little of the nidification of this species, and I may 
therefore mention that it breeds both in Northern and 
Southern India from March to May_, in holes in banks, 
often not above 18 inches in depth, laying, according to 
my experience, from four to six eggs. The latter are pure 
white, excessively glossy, and nearly spherical ; they are 
decidedly smaller than those of A. ispida, and measure 
from 0-75 to 0 82 in length, and from 0 65 to 0-71 in 
breadth. They closely resemble in size and shape the 
eggs of Merops viridis, but they are more glossy even than 
these, and this is pretty apparent when large series of each 
are placed in juxtaposition. [^A. O. H.^ 
136. Ceryle rudis (Linn.). 
The Pied Kingfisher was met with not uncommonly along 
the Jhelum in Kashmir. [G. H.~\ 
It does not extend into Ladak, nor has it ever been found 
in the hills at any considerable elevation. [_A. O. HJ] 
154. Picas himalayanus (Jard. and Selb.). 
This Woodpecker is very common in Kashmir, but, as 
might be expected, does not cross the Zoji-la Pass. [G. HJ] 
The Kashmir specimens of this species almost invariably 
have the under surface much paler than in the typical 
P. himalayanus of the more eastern portions of its native 
hills. In one specimen, procured in the Sind Valley, the 
under parts resemble those of P. major of Europe, and are 
almost as white as those of P. scindianus. This latter is 
common in Bhawalpur, and throughout the salt range 
occurs right up to Torbela on the Indus, and certainly the 
Kashmir race looks at first sight something like a connect- 
ing link between P. himalayanus and P. scindianus. This 
latter bird has never, I believe, been figured ; and ornitholo- 
gists will, I hope, welcome a careful portrait (PI. II.) of this 
pretty species. I give the following note of a fine female 
P. himalayanus. Length, 9 ; tail from vent, 3' 5 ; expanse, 
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