586 BIRDS FROM CENTRAL ASIA—RICRMOXD. 



were winter specimens, and it seems very probable that there is a con- 

 siderable hiatus between the summer homes of the present form and 

 maxima. If this prove to bo the case I may be in error in considering- 

 maxima a subspecies of 3fen(h( meruJa. 



Measiiremeuls of Merida menila intermedia. 



The specimens collected by Dr. Scully at Yarkand- measured: Male, 

 wing, 5.40 inches; tail, o.l,"); tarsus, 1.30; bill from gape, 1.28. Female, 

 wing, 5.40 inches; tail, "5.60;" bill from gape, 1.35. The length of tail 

 in the last case may be a mistake for 5.00 inches. 



The measurements given by Dr. Sharpe for a number of Eastern 

 Turkestan specimens are in keeping with those mentioned above, the 

 wings running from 5,20-5.40 inches, and the tails from 4.80-5 inches. 



67. MERULA ATROGULARIS (Temminck). 



Female, adult, Kok Kya, Thian-Shan Monntains, north of Kashgar, 

 October 17, 1803; 9,000 feet. '^ Bill black, lower mandible yellow at 

 base; irides dark brown; feet pale fleshy brown; length, 10 inches." 



Female, adult, Aksu, Eastern Turkestan, November 23, 1893; 3,500 

 feet. "Length, 10 inches." 



68. MONTICOLA SAXATILIS, Linnaeus. 



Male, immature, Thian-Shan Mountains, north of Kashgar, Septem- 

 ber 15,1893; 9,000 feet. "Bill black yellowish at base below; legs 

 brownish black." 



Family Clis'CLID^. 



69. CINCLUS LEUCOGASTER, Bonaparte. 



Male, adult, Tagdumbash Pamir, June 4, 1894; 13,000 feet. "Irides 

 clear brown; length, 7| inches.'' 



Our specimen appears to be typical of leitcof/asUr. 



Family ACOENTOEID.E. 

 70. PRUNELLA FULVESCENS (Severtzoff.) 



Female, adult, Karakash River, Eastern Turkestan, August 3, 1893; 

 12,000 feet. " Bill black; irides pale brown ; length, 6i inches." 



Female, adult, Thian-Shan Mountains, north of Kashgar, September 

 13, ] 893 ; 9,000 feet. " Bill black ; irides pale brown ; length, G^ inches." 



1 "Bill £111(1 feet black; irides dark brown; length, 11 inches." 

 = " Stray Feathers," IV, 1876, p. 139. 



