Birds of the Zarafschan Basin. 471 



140. TURTUR FERRAGO. 



Turtur f err a go Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. 401. 



c?. Hissar Mts. 24 June, 1908. Nos. 579, 596, 604. 



This Dove takes the place of T. communis in the high 

 mountains. It is confined to an area of from 8030 to 

 10,000 ft. 



141. TURTUR CAMBAYENSIS. 



Turtur cambayensis Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. 452. 



<$ . Samarkand. Sept., Oct., Nov., 1907. Nos. 34,65,188. 



? . „ Sept., Nov., 1907. Nos. 35, 189. 



A common resident in the cultivated regions from 600 ft. 

 to 3000 ft. It is very tame and confiding, and is always to 

 be seen in the courtyards of the native houses. 



Severtzoff only mentions Turtur senegalensis, but all my 

 specimens belong to the nearly allied T. cambayensis, having 

 the rump like the back — earthy-brown. Numbers 34 and 

 65, however, have the rump partly earthy-brown and partly 

 bluish. 



142. Pterocles arenarius. 



Pterocles arenarius Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 19. 

 <J . Samarkand. 21 Nov., 1907. No. 199. 

 ? • „ No. 200. 



This Sandgrouse is common on the steppes from 600 ft. up 

 to 2500 ft. 



143. Pterocles alchata. 



Pteroclurus alchata Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 7. 



$ . Samarkand. 30 April, 1908. No. 385. 

 ? . Bokhara. 22 March, 1908. No. 305. 



In spring I saw incredible numbers of the Pin-tailed 

 Sandgrouse passing Bokhara as if on migration. For manv 

 days immense flocks of these birds crossed overhead con- 

 tinually, going in a south-easterly direction. 



It appears that the Karshi steppes, S.E. of Bokhara, are 

 the first to become green in the spring, and thither the 

 native shepherds drive their valuable flocks of Kara-Kul or 

 ' Astrakhan ' sheep. It seems that the Sandgrouse also 



