214 ORNITHOLOGY. 
506. CHsemorrornis leucocephala (Vigors). 
This is another species which was only procured in the 
neighbourhood of Punch. The dimensions of a male are as 
follows: — Length, 6*75; tail from vent, 3'12; expanse, 
11 ; foot, greatest length, 1*62 ; wings, when closed, reach 
to within 1*5 of the end of the tail. [G. if.] 
514. Cyanecula suecica (Linn.). 
This species, the true Swedish Blue Throat, " pectore 
ferrugineOy" was only obtained at the Khush Maidan or 
Happy Plain (so called on the lucus a non lucendo prin- 
ciple, it being one of the most miserable deserts in creation) 
at an elevation of 16,000 feet; at Shahidulla, at about 
] 1,000 feet ; and at Sknju, about 6000 feet, where, by the 
way, one quite young bird was obtained, proving that this 
species also breeds in Yarkand. [G. H.l 
In each case the specimens were obtained in the imme- 
diate neighbourhood of running water. They differ in no 
way from specimens procured in various parts of the plains 
of India during the cold season. Of course to the plains 
it is merely a winter visitant, and heretofore its breeding 
domicile has been unknown, its nest never having been met 
with in the Himalayas, so far as they are open to European 
travellers. 
It is extraordinary how rare in India is the race with the 
satin- white spot in the midst of the blue, the C. leucocyanea 
(Brehm.) I possess only two specimens, and out of several 
hundreds, have only seen four of this race. C. Wolfi (Brehm) 
with the wholly blue breast is much more common, but 
the vast majority of our Indian birds belong to the typical 
C. suecica form. \_A. O. H.] 
515. Acrocephalus brunnescens (Jerdon). (PI. XVI.) 
This species was very common in Kashmir, where it 
breeds. \_G. H.] 
To the major portion of the plains of India, it is, I 
believe, merely a winter visitant; at any rate I have never 
