332 Mr. H. E. Dresser's Notes on 



Machktes pugnax (L.), pale vai'iety. 



An abnormally coloured specimen, Avith tlic plumage in 

 much worn and abraded condition. Uppcrside, wing-coverts, 

 and tail light buff and white, the latter with blackish fasciae ; 

 breast pale buff; throat, abdomen, and primaries white. 



Prof. Baird (B. N. Amer. 1858, p. 737) states, the Ruff has 

 been frequently killed on Long Island ; but I am not aware 

 that its occiuTence in the neotropical region has been before 

 noticed. 



Gallinago nobilis, Sclater. 



Rallus semiplumbeus, Sclater. Chorlo. 



XXVI. — Notes on Severtzoff's ' Fauna of Turkestan ' {Turkes- 

 tanskie Jevotnie). By H. E. Dresser. 



[Continued from page 250.] 



101. TuRDUs merula, L.; Severtzoff, p. 64. 



Horizontal range. Breeds, and is also met with during win- 

 ter, in districts I., II., and III., but is only found during 

 winter in district IV. 



Vertical range. Occurs during passage and in winter in 

 district 2, and both during the breeding-season, as also in 

 winter, in district 3, and breeds in district 4. 



102. TuRDus ATRiGULARis, Tcmm. ; Severtzoff, pp. 64, 118. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds, and is found during winter, in 



districts I. and II., and during winter only in districts III. 

 and IV. 



Vertical range. Occurs during winter in districts 1, 2, and 

 3, being common in district 2 ; breeds in districts 3 and 4. 



103. TuRDus MYSTACiNUs, Scvertzoff, pp. 64, 118, 119. 

 Vertical and Horizontal range. Similar to P. atrigidaris. 

 Respecting these two Thrushes, the latter of which he de- 

 scribes as new, Severtzoff writes (pp. 118, 119) as follows : — 



" These two species (the latter of which is Naumann^s T. 

 bechsteini ;) have been long known, but the latter has alwavs 



