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GENERA AND SPECIES OF BIRUS. 



5. bilopha (Tcmm.). (p. 537.) 



[Fig., Koonig, J. f. O. 1905, Taf. s.] 

 [Cf. Oberholser, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mas. xsiv. 

 p. 873 ; Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, i. p. 257.] 



S. Sahara of 

 Marocco, 

 E. to Egypt 

 & N. Arabia. 



Syrian Desert. 



(*). brandti, Dresser, (p. 536.) 



(Hartert, Vog. Pal. Fauna, i. p. 257.) 

 \^=sihirica, Swinh. ; Oberholser, t. c. p. 872.] 



Steppes of Asia 



from Kirghis Steppes 



to Dauria ; 



S. to Mongolia. 

 (E. Volga, 



E. Turkestan, 



N. China, winter.) 



7. montana, BiancM, Ibis, 1904, p. 371 ; Hartert, Mts. of C. Asia 



t. c. p. 258 ; Bianchi, t. c. pp. 212, 220, [to N. China ?]. 



227. 



8. przewalskii, Bianchi, Ibis, 1904, p. 371. 



(Hartert, t. c. p. 259 ; Bianchi, t. c. pp. 220, 

 231, Taf. xii. figs. 1-3.) 



N. Tibet 



(S.W. & W. Zaidam). 



9. longirostris, Moore, (p. 536.) 

 (Oberholser, t. c. p. 8G7.) 

 [perissa, Oberliolser, t. c. p. 869. * 

 wrgalea, Oberholser, t. c. p. 871.] 

 [Cf. Hartert, t. c. p. 262 ; Bianchi, t. c. pp. 207- 

 210, 220.] 



10. elwesi, Blanf. (p. 534.) 



(Oberholser, t. c. p. 868 ; Hartert, t c. p. 266 ; 

 Bianclii, t. c. pp. 203-207, 220, 236, Taf. xiii.) 

 [iiigrifrons, Pi'zew. Mongol, ii. p. 103, 1876.] 



N.W. Himalayas 

 (Ladak, Kashmir, 

 to Kumaun). 



E. Himalayas 



(Sikhim, Nepal). 

 E. Tibet 



(Nan-shan. 



Ivokonor). 

 S.W. Zaidam. 



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* Mr. Oberholser {in litt.) dissents from this identification. He says that 0. perissa 

 is distinct from 0. lonc/iros/ris, being smaller and more reddish. O. argalea he also 

 considers to be distinct from 0. longirostris, though it may be identical with 

 0. przewalskii. 



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