Birds of the Upper Tariin. 353 



1. PODOCES HENDERSONI. 



A beautiful specimen of this remarkable bird was shot at 

 Kyzil-bulak (5335 feet), on the 12tli of November. 



2. Cyanistes cyanus tian-schanicus. 



This bird was found at Kyzil-kumbez in the beginning of 

 November. 



3. Leptop(ecile SOPHIA MAJOR, subsp. nov. 



L. sop hue similisj sed major, ala obtusiore, colore cseruleo 

 nee ultramarino praedominante. 

 Some specimens of this pretty bird were obtained by the 

 expedition on the Taushkan-Darja about Ush-turfan in the 

 beginning of October, and on the river Koushaal at the end 

 of that month. I think that it is the same desert race of 

 Leptopcecile that was found by Col. Prjevalsky on the Lower 

 Tarim and was recorded by him as Leptopcecile sophice. 



4. Sturnus purpurascens. 



This species was obtained in the neighbourhood of Kara- 

 zhodja at the end of September and near Kyzil-kumbez in 

 the beginning of November. 



5. Carpodacus rhodoghlamys. 



The conspicuous R,ose-mantled Grosbeak was found at 

 Ush-turfan on the 19tli of October, and along the Ui'tal on 

 the 20tli of the same month. 



6. Carpodacus rubicilla. 



A male of this species was shot at Kyzil-kumbez on the 

 2nd of November. 



7. Erythrospiza obsoleta. 



This pretty bird was found by the expedition near the 

 Taushkan-Darja at Ush-turfan. 



8. Bucanetes mongolicus. 



Some specimens of this bird were obtained by Mr. Majev 

 at Kyzil-bulak and at Egin, along the confines of the desert. 



9. Pyrgita petronia. 



Several specimens of this bird were obtained near Ush- 

 turfan at the end of September and at Jaman-su about the 

 middle of October. 



