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Eiver and the place of that name were revisited in March. The Gez 

 defile was passed on the last day of March, on the road to Sarikol, 

 which place was reached on the 3d of April. Some days were passed 

 here, after which a trip was made to the Tagdumbash Pamir, lasting- 

 nntil late in June. Returning by way of the Tangitar defile and Teret 

 Pass, some time was spent in the mountains above Eggis Yar, and 

 Kuliiar was finally reached late in July. Some collecting was prose- 

 cuted on the road and at Killian in August on the way out of the 

 country. 



The Willow Warblers were submitted to W. E. Brooks together 

 with those contained in the Kashmir collection, and he has very kindly 

 corrected or verified my identifications of the same. 



In the preparation of the present article I have not had access to 

 Dr. Menzbier's "Ornithologie du Turkestan." 



Family FALCOmDxE. 



1. CIRCUS CYANEUS (Linnaeus). 



Female, adult, The Syrt, Thian-Shan Mountains, November 1,1893; 

 6,000 feet. ''Bill black, cere pale green; irides brownish yellow; feet 

 yellow; claws black." 



Male, adult, Aksu, Eastern Turkestan, November 17, 1893. " Feet 

 yellow; irides orange yellow; length, 18 inches." 



2. CIRCUS ^RUGINOSUS (Linnaeus). 



Female, immature, Thian-Shan Mountains, north of Kashgar, Sep- 

 tember 12, 1893; 7,000 feet. "Bill black, cere greenish; feet yellow, 

 claws black; length, 21 inches. Extremely emaciated." 



This specimen is without any bufty markings on forehead, throat, or 

 breast, which are dark chocolate brown instead. The specimen may be 

 described as follows : Nape and posterior part of crown deep buff, the 

 feathers with rather narrow dark brown centers; no other trace of buff 

 on head, neck, or breast, except slight traces of buff feathers on fore- 

 head at base of culmen; wings, back (rump somewhat duller), scajju- 

 lars, and tail (above) uniform dark brown, with bronzy reflections, the 

 tail narrowly tipped with deei:) buff; upper tail-coverts paler brown, 

 the feathers with deep buffy tips; outer tail feathers fulvous at basal 

 third of both webs, where finely mottled with dark brown; inner web 

 of basal half of primaries similar; under parts uniform chocolate brown, 

 lighter on abdomen and flanks, where the feathers are obsoletely tipped 

 with buffy brown; under tail-coverts dark like throat and breast, with 

 bufipy tips to the feathers; middle and greater wing-coverts with nar- 

 row and almost obsolete rusty edgings ; iirimaries and secondaries Avith 

 light buff tips; some of the tertiaries with narrow rusty tips. Wing, 

 15.25 inches; tail, 8.85; tarsus, 3.G5; culmen, 1.35. 



