W. E. Brooks — Gashmir Birds. 
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1872.] 
than usual, and may have been Gallinago solitaria. It appears probable 
that the majority of the migratory birds which are found in winter on the 
plains of India pass from Tibet to Hindustan without halting in the Hima- 
layas. The absence of herons and moorhens is surprising. 
Order — Anseees. 
954 Casabca eutila, (Pallas). — A pair were seen on the lake Bidan, 
near the Jelep-la in the Chola range, and one was shot by Capt. Elwes. 
Notes ojt the Ounituologt of Cashmib, — by W. E. Bhooks, C. E. 
Etawah. 
[Received 1st September, 1871.] 
A few short notes on some of the birds I met with in Cashmir, last 
May and June [1871], will probably interest some of the readers of the 
Asiatic Society’s Journal. The first requiring notice is — 
Polio jet us httmilis, (Schlegel and Muller). — I procured one on the 
banks of the Tawi river. I also have one from Dhurmsala. A third speci- 
men was killed near Etawah. The measurements of my birds accord with 
those given by Mr. Wallace in his article in the Ibis for January 1868, on 
the Raptorial Birds of the Malay Archipelago.” All three specimens have 
a dark terminal tail band. This was overlooked by Dr. Jerdon who has 
named this bird P. plambeus, Hodgson ; this and P. humilis are identical. 
Accipiteb vibgatus breeds up the Scind valley. The eggs are boldly 
blotched, like those of A. nisus. The eggs of M. badias are plain bluish 
white without spots. 
Buteo deseutobcm:. — I procured one at Gulmurg. This is the Buteo 
vulgaris ” of Dr. Jerdon’s Birds of India. B. vulgaris does not occur 
in India. Milvus major, Hume, is the common kite of Cashmir. It 
may always be distinguished from M. Govinda by the large amount of 
white on the lower surface of the wing. How this bird differs from Milvus 
melanotis, Temm. and SchL, is a question I should like to see answered. 
I took the eggs of the Cashmir kite which resemble those of M. 
Govinda, but are rather larger. The eggs are laid in the latter end of April. 
Mebops apiasteb is common hi Cashmir and bleeds there. 
Cobacias gaebula is stiff more common. It nests in holes in trees 
and in river and other banks. 
Cobacias Indica. — Only found in the lower ranges south of the Ruttun 
Pir Mountain ; in fact for the first twenty or thirty miles beyond the Panjab 
frontier. 
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