Severtzoff'tt 'Fauna of Turkestan.' 325 



87|-88i", wiug 25-25i", tail 10" 7"'-lG" 11'", culmen 8"-8" 4'", 

 thickness of bill 1" 6"-l'" 7'", tarsus 9"-9" 2'" • females, total 

 length 424-41V'. extent 83-87", wing 23^-24^", tail 9^-10", 

 culmen 7" 5"'-8", tarsus 8" 3"'-8" 6'". 



In a MS. note Dr. Severtzoff writes as follows: — "This 

 bird is Ciconia mycteriiarhyncha, mihi, and is more closely 

 allied to C. boyciana than to C alba; but it differs from that 

 species in having the bill entirely red : the bill, however, is 

 shaped as in that species, and not as in C. alba.'' 



278. Ardea cinerea, L. 



Ardea cinerea, var. brag, Isid. Geoff. ; Severtzoff, p. 68. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in all four districts. 

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

 the latter on passage. 



279. Ardea purpurea, L. ; Severtzoff, p. 68. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 

 Vertical range. Breeds in district ] . 



280. Ardea alba, L. ; SevertzoflF, p. 68. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in all four districts, occasionally 

 commonly, and occurs, though rarely, in winter, in districts 

 III. and IV. 



Vertical range. Breeds, and occurs in winter, in districts 

 1 and 2. 



Dr. SevertzoflF also includes a subspecies under the name of 

 Ardea alba /3. melanorhyncha. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 



Vertical range. Breeds in district 1. 



281. Nyctiardea nycticorax, L. 

 Scotceus nycticorax, Severtzoff, p. 68. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in districts III. and IV. 

 Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1 and 2. 



282. Botaurus stellaris (L.) ; Severtzoff, p. 68. 

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



occurs rarely in the winter in the last of these. 



Vertical range. Breeds in district 1, and occurs rarely in 

 winter and on passage in district 2. 



