DETAILED LIST OF BIRDS. 
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I have seen other specimens from the Sutlej Valley, near 
Chini, an adult and a young bird in much the same plumage 
as Dr. Henderson^s specimen. I subjoin* descriptions both 
of this young bird and of the adult. \_A. O. H.] 
* Monticola saxatilis. 
Dimensions (the males are slightly the largest). — Length, 7'5 to 8'1 ; 
expanse, 14 to IS'S ; wing, 4-5 to 4-8 ; bill at front, 0 7 to 0-83 ; tail 
from vent, 275 to 3 ; tarsus, 1*2 to 1-3. The third quill is the longest, 
and exceeds the 'first, which is very small (whereas in P. cyanus it is of 
moderate size), by 2 9 to 3, the second by O'l, and the fourth by 0'25. 
Description. — Male. The whole head and neck all round dull, some- 
what greyish-blue ; upper part of the back bluish-black ; scapulars and 
the rest of the back somewhat brownish-black, mottled towards the centre 
with white ; rump pure white. Upper tail-coverts, those nearest the 
rump mingled dingy blue and rufous, those adjoining the tail-feathers 
bright rufous ; central tail-feathers brown ; lateral tail-feathers bright 
ferruginous. Wings dark, almost blackish brown, the coverts darkest, 
and many of them tipped with greyish or fulvous white. Breast, abdo- 
men, lower tail-coverts, axillaries, and most of the wing-lining (which 
latter, however, is paler) bright ferruginous red. 
Female. Upper parts dull brown, more or less tinged ashy, and about 
the head and rump more or less spotted with a darker brown. The back 
sometimes exhibits white spots similar to those in the male, and the rump 
has often a yellowish tinge. The upper tail-coverts are bright rufous, 
the tail is similar to that of the male, but duller coloured, and with the 
central feathers somewhat tinged with rufous. The throat and sides of 
the neck are yellowish-white or sometimes pure white, more or less spotted 
with earthy or ashy brown. The chest and abdomen are light rufous or 
reddish-white, with narrow wavy transverse brown and whitish bars. The 
wings are much as in the male, but the coverts are perhaps more exten- 
sively tipped with dull white. 
The young vary a good deal, according to stage of plumage ; one 
before me has the lores fulvous white and the feathers of the eyelijis of 
the same colour ; the whole of the head, nape, back, and scapulars a dull 
earthy or somewhat ashy brown, each feather more or less broadly tipped 
with fulvous or pale rufous white, and most of them with a darker brown 
spot or line just inside this tipping ; the rump is pale brownish yellow, 
each feather with a narrow irregular transverse brown bar near the tip ; 
upper tail-coverts ferruginous, with traces of brown spots near the tips. 
Tail as in the adult, but duller coloured. Wings as in the adult, but all 
the quills broadly tipped with brownish white and the primaries narrowly, 
and most of the coverts and the tertiaries broadly, margined with the 
same colour. Chin, throat, and sides of the neck pure white everywhere, 
except down the centre of the chin, and the throat speckled with ashy 
brown. Breast and abdomen more or less pale buffy, the feathers incon- 
spicuously tipped white, and with a narrow transverse wavy dark-brown 
