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2. Ampelis garkulus Linn. 

 Samarkand. 5 Feb., 1908. 



3. Ligurixus chloris (Linn.). 

 Samarkand. 4 March, 1908. 



4. Melanocorypha yeltoxiexsis Forst. 



Large flocks of this Lark were observed near the Sea of 

 Aral in August. 



5. Hiruxdo rustica Linn. 



Arrives in Samarkand in the middle of April. A summer 

 visitor only. 



6. Cypselus apus (Linn.). 



7. Gyps fulvus (Gmel.). 



8. Neophrox percxopterus (Linn.). 

 Common round Samarkand. 



9. Gypaktus barbatus (Linn.). 



Hissar Mts. Not seen lower than 7000 ft. 



10. Aquila chrysaetls (Linn.). 

 Samarkand. 11 Jan., 1908. 



11. Falco cherrug Gray. 

 Samarkand. 15 Dec, 1907. 



12. Bubo turcomaxus Eversm. 



On several occasions I heard Eagle Owls at night in the 

 hills near Samarkand, and once I saw a pair on the tamarisk- 

 covered sand-hills between Bokhara and the Oxus. Accord- 

 ing to Severtzoff they range from the Bokharan deserts up 

 to the Pamirs. 



13. PHffiXICOPTERUS roseus Pall. 

 Samarkand. 4 Nov., 1907. 



14. Axas boscas Linn. 



Bokhara. 4 Dec, 1907. Very numerous in winter. 



15. Ardea alba Linn. 

 Samarkand. Nov., 1907. 



