AYES. 
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Ko"' 1 °^* September 20, 1873. 
Nos Yangihissar, December 1, 1873. 
j^ 0 g’ ^03, H05, 1106, 1108. Yangihissar, December 2, 1873. 
j^ 0 ’ 1143. Kasbghar, December 13, 1873. 
No ‘ -. J 46, Kasbghar, December 14, 1873. 
I® 5 d • Kasbghar, January 20, 1874. — Length 8 inches, wing 3‘5, tail 3‘45, tarsus 0'9 ; 
ex panse 10 - 75; bill from front 0 - 5, from gape O' 64 ; length of foot 1*5 ; wings 
leach within 2'4 of end of tail. Iris brown; bill dusky, paler below; feet horny 
brown. 
(Vq^’ ^ ’ Kasbghar, January 20, 1874. — Length 7'75 inches, wing 3'3, tail 3'2, tarsus 
, expanse 10'5 ; bill from front 0'5, from gape 0'62 ; length of foot 1*5 ; wings 
reach within 2'1 of end of tail. Iris brown ; bill greenish dusky, pale below ; feet 
No.loy7 a; T tarSi fleShy ’ 
x - Jaitupa, Eebruary 21, 1874. 
79. q 
RPoi >actjs stoliczka. (Plate YI.) 
Car >aS / Ser s ^°^ Cz ^ c<e > Hume, Str. F. ii. p. 523 (1874) ; Severtz. Str. F. 1878, p. 431. 
Podacus stoliczka, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 403 (1888). 
-bN O. IftKK 
K 0 i R yJ ^ ' Chiklik, June 4, 1874. (Type of species.) 
°7. Chiklik, June 4, 1874. 
that it ° lle4 Hiddulph procured a female in the Ivulustan Valley on the 6th of J une. He says 
gav e toT tolerabl y common there, but was not noticed anywhere else. This specimen he 
btirtae Q ( ^ 4a4e Hr. Handelli and it passed with the rest of the Mandelli Collection into the 
80. 
DtRHTTLA ATJRANTIACA. 
Genus PYRRHDLA. 
h'd" fiurantiaca, Gould; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 258 (1873); Stoliczka, Str. F. ii. 
(18 61 ^ 1874 ‘b Bidd - Ib is, 1881, p. 82; Scully, t. c. p. 577; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 455 
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lie Writ ° UrGc4 by Colonel Biddulph on the return journey at Sonamarg on the lltli of July. 
day s on ^ 4 ° ^ r * Hume : — “ On our way up on the 12th of August we halted here for three 
hot our, b Ul P°se to get this bird, as you had requested Stoliczka to do so ; but at that time 
Hr t0 136 seeru ” 
Wiq en derson observes : — “ ' 
lap-;,, a uey. it was mc t with on the roadside in June and in October, and was quite 
b Ush 5 f e ■. . ear less. It associated in small flocks about six in number and flew from bush to 
° c curretl ° n b err ies. It was met with in no other locality. The elevation at which it 
Was Horn about 7000 to 8000 feet.” 
rson observes : — “ This beautiful species was very common about the head of 
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