1895. 



PBOCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



573 



Male, adult, jungle on Yarkand Kiver, east of Maralbashi, January 

 30, 189-4. "Length, 12 inclies." 



lu the two last-nientioned specimens the niuth and tenth' primaries 

 are white, without black terminal markings; iu others the ninth pri- 

 mary has a subterminal blackish spot, in one specimen occupying only 

 the inner web, but in the others extending over both Avebs. The black 

 shaft mark on the middle pair of tail feathers also varies to some extent, 

 being almost restricted to the shaft in one specimen, and having a 

 width of a tenth of an inch in another. In all of the specimens some 

 of the central tail feathers are black on the inner web at their bases, 

 the color being concealed by the tail -coverts. 



Measurements of Podoces l)iddul2)hi. 



TJ.S.N.M. 



150251 



Sex. 



Male ad . 



150252 1 Male ad . 



150253 

 150249 



Female ad. 

 Male ad . . . 



Locality. 



Male ad . 



Matan, Eastern Tur- 

 kestan. 



do 



do 



Yarkand River, East- 

 ern Turkestan. 



do 



Date. 



Xov. 27, 1893 



do 



do 



Jan. 30,1894 



-do 



Wing. 



Inches. 

 5.90 



5.99 

 5.67 

 5.91 



Tail. 



Inches. 



4.43 

 4.10 

 4.10 



Tarsus. 



Inches. 

 1.91 



1.87 

 1.82 

 1.83 



Culmen. 



Inches. 

 1.97 



2.00 

 1.97 

 1.78 



1.89 



Family OEIOLID.E. 

 18. ORIOLUS KUNDOO, Sykes. 

 Male, adult, Yarkand, Eastern Turkestan, August 19, 189;>. "liill 

 pale pinkish brown; feet dull leaden; irides dull carmine; length, 9^ 



inches." 



Family STUEXIDtE. 



19. STURNUS VULGARIS MENZBIERI (Sharpe). 



Female, adult, Thian-Shan Mountains, north of Kashgar, October 29, 

 1893; 7,000 feet. " Length, 9 inches." 



20. STURNUS PURPURASCENS PORPHYRONOTUS (Sharpe). 



Female, adult, Kargallik, Eastern Turkestan, August 12, 1893. 

 "Length, 9 inches." Two specimens. 



Adult, Thiau-Shan Mountains, north of Kashgar, October 29, 1893; 

 7,000 feet. "Length, 9 inches." 



Family FRINGILLID^. 



21. ACANTHIS BREVIROSTRIS (Bonaparte). 



Male, adult, Suget, Eastern Turkestan, July 13, 1893; 13,000 feet. 

 "Feet blackish brown; bill horny white; length, 5^ inches." 



Male, adult, near Suget, Eastern Turkestan, July 29,1893; 13,000 

 feet. "Bill pale fleshy, with pink tinge; feet dark brown; length, 5g 

 inches." 



