LÖNNBERG, A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM TIANSHAN, 17 



54. Cuculus canorus L. 



ef % ef 20^5^ 9 8^5^ 9 8^. 19Q2 Baimgol. 



d" Wing 221—228. 



9 Wing 208—210. 



The bars on the under side are perhaps a little narrower 

 than the average in typical swedish specimens but otherwise 

 I see no difference. 



55. Coracias garrula L. 



9 ''^jö 1902 Baimgol. 

 Wing 190 mm. 



56. Merops apiaster L. 



9 ^l5, 9 ^/5 1902 Baimgol. 



Wing 141^144 mm. 



Culmen 37—39 



Although these specimens are conspicuously old birds 

 they ha ve a stronger wash of green on the upper parts than 

 the specimens I ha ve had for comparison. Even the chest- 

 nut of the secondaries is obscured by this green wash in a 

 rather striking manner. As this, however, is to be regarded 

 as a retained juvenile characteristic I do not dåre to pro- 

 claim this form as a geographic race when the material is so 

 scanty, but it seems rather probable that such is the case 

 when also the length of the bilis is considered as this is a 

 good deal greater than in the specimens for instance which 

 I have shot at Kura river in Transcaucasia etc. 



57. Upupa epops L. 

 9 20/j^ 1902 Baimgol. 



58. Asio otus (L.) 



ef 10^4, cf -V^, cf 20^5 1902 Baimgol. 



The first mentioned of these specimens has the first pri- 

 mary of the right wing wholly white (through partial albi- 

 nistic variation) otherwise the specimens are normal and 

 typical. 



Arkiv för zoologi. Bd 2. N:o 9. 2 



