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BIRDS FROM CENTRAL ASIA— RICHMOND. 



"svliite; feathers of upper tail-coverts light grayish brown, largely edged 

 and bordered with white; a broad pectoral baud of ciuuamou butt', con- 

 tinuous on sides of neck and nape, where more restricted, and extending 

 narrowly on sides of bod}- almost to flanks ; forehead almost entirely 

 black, the feathers with white bases; small spot of white on lores with 

 black tips to the feathers; a narrow line of pale butt" just posterior to 

 black of forehead, and extending back on sides of crown. Wing, 4.93 

 inches; tail, 1.91; tarsus, 1.30; exposed culiiien, .71*. -'Length, 1'^ 

 inches.'' Legs and feet bluish black in dried skin. 



This species, of which Dr. xVbbott sends only one specimen, has 

 almost identically the same pattern of coloration as ^J^. mongola, but 

 the white forehead of the latter is nearly black in this ; the colors are 

 everywhere much paler; the pectoral band is cinnamon butt' instead of 

 russet; the dimensions are quite different, — a longer bill and tarsi, and 

 shorter wings and tail. The table of measnrements here given will 

 illustrate these ditt'erences in proportions. 



Measuj-ements of .Ji<ji(ditis jximirensis. 



2leasiiren>cni.s of J'lijiaHils momjoJa (male). 



Measurements of JEaialitis mongola {female). 



91. VANELLUS VANELLUS (LinnjEus). 



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

 Male, adult, Sarikol, Eastern Turkestan, April 0, 1894; 10,400 feet. 



