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from 7-08 to 7*85, the wing from 8-12 to 9-72, the bill at 
from 1"17 to 1*5, tarsus at from r75 to 1'96. Macgil- 
livray gives the length of the male 18_, extent 24, wing 
7-75, tail 10, bill 1-4, tarsus 1-92. 
Compare these dimensions with those of P. bactriana 
given below, and I think it will be conceded that this latter 
species has a much longer tail. Schlegel indeed gives the 
tail of his ^' P. bottanensis,'' which as I have already re- 
marked is doubtless P. bactriana, as 11 '65, but this, if really 
P. bactriana must either have been a female or have an im- 
perfectly developed tail, as in one male that I possess, this 
measures 14, and I have seen no specimen with a really 
perfect tail, in which this fell short of twelve inches. 
{A, O. H.] 
669 Garrulus bispeciilaris. Vigors. 
A couple of specimens were obtained on the road to 
Kashmir on each side of the snowy pass ; it was not noticed 
elsewhere. A male, measured : — expanse 19'5, legs and feet 
flesh colour, bill black, irides dark brown. [G. H.'] 
672. Urocissa flavirostris, Blyth. 
This species is very abundant throughout the Kashmir 
valley, at the foot of the Hills; it was met with at Banihal, 
and again near Baramulla and Uri. I have recorded on 
the ticket of a fine male, the following measurements : length, 
24 ; tail from vent, 19 ; expanse, 22 ; wings when closed 
reach to within 16 of end of tail. [G. H.] 
I do not consider that Gould^s species U. cucullata can stand, 
as specimens are to be obtained throughout the Himalayas, 
from Darjeeling to Murree, presenting the characteristics of 
both supposed species, as well as all possible intermediate 
forms. 
This bird breeds in April, May, and June, mostly how- 
ever laying in May. The nest, which is rather coarse and 
large, made of sticks and lined with fine grass, or grass 
roots, is so far as my experience goes commonly placed in a 
fork near the top of some densely foliaged tree. Captain 
Cock remarks, in epist., " U. flavirostris is common at 
Dharmsal, but the nest is rather difficult to find. I have 
