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W. E. Brooks — Cashmir Birds. 
[No. 1, 
Motacti.t.a Cashmibensis, sp. nov. 
Is quite distinct from N, Luzoniensis, Scopoli, with which I com- 
pared it. The latter is, as noted by Dr. Jerdon, identical with M. Hodg- 
soni, Blyth, vel M. alhoid.es , Hodg. My new bird is coloured very like M. 
lugens , Temm. and Schleg., except that the chin and throat are black. 
The black extends down the breast for 2-J- inches from base of lower mandi- 
ble. White portion of face as in M. 'per sonata of Gould and M. lugens ; 
remainder of head and whole of back deep black. All the wing coverts, 
except a few at upper portion of bend of wing, pure white. All the quills 
edged with white, the tertials very broadly so ; so that when the wing is 
closed, it looks almost entirely white. I need not notice that the tail is the 
same as that of all other black and white wagtails. Total length 7'6 ; 
wing 3'55 ; tail 4 inches, bill at front '5 ; tarsus '97. My bird has a 
grey back in whiter, and some of those shot in May were only partly chang- 
ed. If Mr. Gould’s specimens of M. persona! a were not midsummer ones, 
my bird may prove to be M. personata. It nests in holes under large stones 
in shingle beds of rivers and in accumulations of drift wood. The eggs are 
like those of M. alba, but slightly larger. 
Calobates m i'.i.anoi'e. — B reeds plentifully on the Cashmir streams 
above 6000 feet elevation. Nest and eggs similar to those of G. sulphured. 
It is distinguished from the European bird by a very much shorter tail. 
Btthytes calcakatus, Hodgson.- — Plentiful in the Cashmir marshes. 
Breeds on ploughed land and in broken banks near streams of running water. 
I could not find the nest. The female has a dark grey and black mottled 
back, with a black grey crown to the head ; supercilium and lower parts 
yellow. Some females are more grey and "without a shade of black. 
The males have velvet black backs. 
Bu bytes cttbeoIiA, Pallas. — -Common with the last in the Indian mar- 
shes in the cold season, and migrates through Cashmir in May. In June 
they were entirely gone from Cashmir. This bird never has a black back, 
but only a crescentic half collar at the back of the lower neck. The back is 
always grey. The female has not the collar, nor has she a pure yellow 
head ; the top of her head being yellow olive. The supercilium and lower 
parts yellow, hut duller than in the male. She is a smaller bird than the 
female of the last species. 
Budytes cineeeocapibea. — M igrates abundantly through Cis-Hima- 
layan Cashmir in the beginning of May. The dimensions of this bird 
average greater than in IS. flam and B. melanocephala ; especially as 
regards the length of wing. The mature female approaches the male closely 
in size and brilliancy, which is not the case with the other two species. The 
mature females of cinereocapilla and jlava are very easily separable both by 
size and colour; the latter being far from a brilliant bird, which the female 
