DETAILED LIST OF BIRDS. 
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The eggs are oval, much pointed towards the small end, 
pure white, slightly glossy, and of moderately fine texture. 
They remind one more of the eggs of Woodpeckers than of 
the true Thrushes, but the shells are more substantial and 
less translucent than those of the former. They vary 
from 0-9 to I'l in length, and from 0-65 to 0 74 in 
breadth. [A. O. H.] 
348. Hydrobata cashmiriensis (Gould). 
Several specimens of the white-breasted Himalayan 
Dipper were procured and numbers seen, not in Kashmir, 
but in Eastern Ladak, in the stream which runs from 
Chagra into the Pangong Lake. It appears to be 3, per- 
manent resident here, as it was noticed and shot in this 
locality both coming and going. A nestling obtained on 
the 14th of July could not long have left the nest, and old 
birds were seen on this stream on the 8th of October, at an 
elevation of 15,000 feet, when, except quite at the centre, it 
was a mass of solid ice. The following note is on the 
ticket of one specimen, an adult, sex unrecorded : Length, 
7'5 j tail from vent, 2'5 ; expanse, 12 ; foot — greatest 
length, 1*75 ; greatest width, 1-37. Legs and feet, dark 
brown ; bill, black. [G. //.] 
Cashmiriensis is not a peculiarly happy name ; besides 
Ladak, it occurs in the hill regions of Sikhim, and Chinese 
Tartary immediately north of Darj cling, whence I have 
specimens obtained by Captain Elwes and L. Mandelli, 
Esq. lA. O. H.] 
349. Hydrobata sordida (Gould). 
A single specimen, quite adult, of this rare Ouzel was 
obtained at Kargil, in Ladak, on the 23rd of October. On 
the ticket of this specimen, of which the sex was not noted, is 
recorded, the length, 7-5 ; tail from vent, 2*25 ; expanse, 12. 
Unfortunately I did not at the time discriminate between 
this species and H. asiatica, and it is therefore impossible 
