Severizoff's 'Fauna of Turkestan.' 187 



10" 8'", wing 3" 5'", tail 3"; length of the female 8" 1'", ex- 

 tent 11" 41", wing 3" 7^'", tail 3" 2'": but these differences in 

 size are not constant. 



" The mountain form of L.pha;nicurus (var. ruficeps*) differs 

 in being darker in colour ; the back and scapulars in fresh 

 plumage are pure brown slightly shaded with grey ; but in 

 spring these parts are greyer ; the head is always brownish 

 mixed with red^ almost as rufous as the tail^ which, with the 

 rump, is dark reddish brown, with a chestnut tinge in fresh 

 plumage. The lowland form (var. caniceps) has the upper 

 parts greyer, being grey tinged with brown, being purer grey 

 in the males and young birds ; head similarly coloured ; wings, 

 tail, and underparts as in the mountain form. The mountain 

 form inhabits chiefly the wooded portions of the Thian-shanto 

 an altitude of from 7000 to 8000 feet ; and the lowland form 

 occurs in the bushes and thorn- thickets near Syr Darja, Mi, 

 and Lepsa, below 1000 feet. In the cultivated districts both 

 forms are found in gardens, and intermediate specimens may 

 be found. As regards L. isabellinus, numbers were obtained on 

 passage in spring in Chimkent and Tashkend, between the 

 20th February and the 20-25th March ; but in the autumn it 

 was not observed there, though it was seen in Aulje-ata early 

 in September. It breeds in the stappes near Balchash, Chu, 

 and Talass. 



" Neither of the two forms oiL.phoenicurus arrives in Tash- 

 kend and Chimkent before the early part of April." 



In a MS. footnote he adds that the species he includes as 

 L. phcenicurus should stand as L. phoenicurdides , Severtz. 



226. Oriolus galbula, L. ; Severtzoff, p. Q7. 



Horizontal range. Breeds commonly in all four districts. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1, 2, and 3. 



In a MS. note Severtzoff adds that Oriolus kundoo, Sykes, 

 also occurs in Turkestan, as he has lately discovered by an 

 examination of his specimens of Orioles obtained there. The 

 range of this species is as follows : — 



Horizontal range. Breeds in districts II,, III., and IV. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 2 and 3. 



* Sic.—R. E. D. 



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