17 ' 



Mi. I lougla ( .hi ntbi i "" il"' 



1,1 i Id good i'.,.,.i t hftl In to be obtained i In re al in 



- , I I ■ l I,. I. , .111(1 mil- I ..I i I III I 1 1 « I ll'Hll III' |,H,I <• llUI I ll- I I / in 'I 



I'oodli • ■ i,i ppi 



mi : . . in- H ,\ in i- -i- I,-, ' 



.:,/,, h,, r ir . /,,,,,,,/,,.„. Ogil ie«Orant, Ciil 13 " p ' 



.: r. ,i ii.ii.,. in... IPO! Wo 'i ' 



'lln-i species ia found In immense numbers, ftl certain 



|| i -,n .,n I \,<- \<r.\ ■■ 1 1 |.|,c -. I I (|.,< 1 1 ■ , I .i |,|,< -i i I ., I i i «| 111 nl. 



tin high) i stcppi '...ll. , i ( lih< I* tar octet artmarlut 



I i... rn -mi 'ii- i ii ici (Plate v ill) 



r/i, ,'(/,n in : ii,i//,iiiii,ii-i Ogilvii Grant, Cat, I' iii 



Bokhara 18 M ly, 1908, I Fo i'". 



,( ,, i -i , 1008 No .i 



,( Samarkand II Od . 1907. No. *,, 



,( Bol han 16 Nor., 1005 No 161 , 168, 164 

 16 N'. ,1905 No 162 



Tin- 1 ■-. > < Hi ni . .,i.,ni. . I ir- hi . from -a in. 1 1 the accompanying 

 plati M'l v 1 1 1 i i inli ii u;i: drawn bi Majoi Joni . to 

 u horn in v bi i i han l an dud 



'I in- i'i i , |" . ii Ii.ii to tin icll contained basin ol I he 



/ 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 Hi vi i . i i ., 1 1 1 1 1 1 w 1 1 < 1 1 \ i i 1 1 , , i , i r jungle, both i 1 1 

 ii,. cultivated area find in tin tnmari k iwarapi, li ii 

 ni,, i ii ,1 in. i , ,u on il" I"" i \\ portion ol 1,1m river, i pecially 

 u in h it form i ninii iii . and iramp in M n i'..,i haran 

 ,i, iii 1 1 rangi - as fai eait at Samarkand "i S2000 fl . 



Tin /, ii ii -. 1 1 hi I- , i ii contained bn in, and the l'h< manti 

 rn. oonflnod to thl rivci valley, nol beiuu, able i" wonder 



nnil mux uilli \\\" I '.I lln dm , .,i lln : ., hum Vnll. 



Although 'i" /'i'i ii han approa< hi to within thirty or 

 Poi i y mill i ol i he Oxu pet 1 hoic thii ty mill foi m an 

 iiiij.n ,i i,i. Ii.ii i H i .,1 barren sand duneii 



in M ii y nnil Juni these bird i lose moil ol the vinous 

 tinge on iii.- in. ' i and abdomen, and the upper parts 

 1,,-ciiiiii- very pan nnd ' wn bed out, tin mai ;iui to the 

 I, .ii, i, being pale bull instead oi n rich golden ooppci 

 . . iii ,ui 



