Of  a  female  the  length  was  9*5^  the  expanse  20^  the  tail
from  Tent  2*5^  the  foot^  greatest  length  1^  greatest  width
1.75^  the  legs  and  feet  plumbeous^  bill  d^rk  plumbeous  nearly
blacky  irides  dark  brown.  [G,  if.]

Dr.  Jerdon  tells  us  that  many  breed  in  India  even  towards
the  south,  but  I  am  inclined  to  think  there  must  be  some
mistake^  and  that  if  they  breed  in  India  at  all  it  can  only  be
in  the  south.  For  years  these  birds  have  been  watched
throughout  northern  India^  by  myself  and  several  of  my  con-
tnbutors,  and  we  have  always  found  that  the  birds  disappeared
entirely  during  the  hot  season.  The  same  has  been  the  case
in  Central  India^  even  down  at  Baepore^  where  they  are  ex-
traordinarily numerous  in  the  spring ;  the  birds  become  wild
and  shy  by  the  1st  of  May,  and  before  the  month  closes  have
all  disappeared.     [A.  0,  H."]

847.  J&gialites  mongoUcuii  (Pallas).
This  species  was  first  met  with  on  the  19th  of  July,  at
the  hot  springs  above  Ookra,  at  an  elevation  of  16,000  feet.
A  few  were  seen  on  the  Salt  Plain,  on  the  29th  of  July,
and  after  that  the  birds  were  found  in  pairs  all  along  the
Karakash  river.  They  were  not  very  numerous,  but  a
certain  number  of  pairs  were  met  with  each  day.  All  the
specimens  obtained  are  in  full  breeding  plumage  and  corre-
spond well  with  Middendorf  s  plate.  No.  XIX,  figures  2
and  3.
Not  a  single  bird  was  met  with  on  the  return  journey^
in  September  and  the  early  part  of  October.  (}okra  was
reached  on  the  5th  of  that  month,  so  that  ere  this  the
young  birds  must  have  been  sufficiently  advanced  to  leave
along  with  their  parents  for  our  distant  Indian  coasts.
