588 BIRDS FROM CENTRAL ASIA— RICHMOND. vol.xmii. 



79. TURTUR DOURACA STOLICZK^ (Hume). 



Male, adult, Uslituifan, Eastern Turkestan, Xoveniber 11, 1893; 5,000 

 feet. 



Female, immature, Usliturfan, Easttn-u Turkestan, November 11, 1S1»3; 

 5,000 feet. '-Length, Vl^ inches." 



This is an easily recognized large pale form of Turiur douraca^ and I 

 do not hesitate to record it under the above name. 



Family PTEROCLID.E. 

 80. SYRRHAPTES PARADOXUS (Pallas). 



Male, adult, Pishak Sindi, east of Maralbashi, Eastern Turkestan^ 

 January 23, 1894. "Claws dark horny gray; length, 11^ inches." 



Male, adult, same locality and date. •'Bill bluish white; irides dark 

 brown; length, 15^ inches." 



Female, adult, same locality and date. 



.si. PTEROCLES ARENARIUS i Pallas). 



Female, adult, Akchi, valley of the Aksai, Eastern Turkestan, 

 November 8, 1893; 7,500 feet. "Bill slaty blue; feet dirty leaden 

 white, claws blackish; length, 13 inches." 



Family PHASIANID.E. 



82. TETRAOGALLUS HIMALAYANUS, Gray. 



Male, adult, Tagdumbash Pamir, May 20, 1894; 15,000 feet. "Fee^ 

 orange red, claws dull black; bill brownish horn; naked patch behind 

 eye yellow; irides dark brown; length, 25f inches."' 



83. CACCABIS SAXATILIS CHUCAR (Gray), 



Male, adult, Thian-Shan Mountains, below Saribeli Pass, October 

 28, 1893; 8,000 feet, " Length, 14^ inches; weight, 1^ pounds." 



84. COTURNIX COTURNIX (Linnaeus). 



Male, adult, Thian-Shan Mountains, north of Ivashgar, September 

 16, 1893; 9,000 feet. "Bill pale horn brown above, tleshy beneath; 

 feet tleshy white; irides pale brown; length, 7^ inches." 



Female, adult, same locality and date. "Length, 8 inches." 



85. PHASIANUS SHAWI, Elliot. 



Male, adult, junction of the Aksu with the Kashgar, Eastern Tur- 

 kestan, November 29, 1893. " Bill pale yellow horn, with a greenish 

 tinge; irides yellow; orbital skin red; feet pale brownish flesh color; 

 length, 32.J inches. Very fat; weight, 2 pounds 10 ounces." 



Female, adult, junction of Aksu and Kashgar rivers, Eastern Tur- 



