379 TURKESTAN PIGEONS. 



SiDAM Zagh {Zagh, Persian for Crow). — Female. Beak, 

 brownish black ; eyes, orange-yellow ; plumage, black tlirougb- 

 ont. Face, 1-25; length, 13. Weight, lO'Soz. 



Sid AM Arghuni. — Male. Beak brown; eyes, light pink; 

 general colour, Kity black; breast, all bronze lustre, which 

 turns to green towards thighs; rump, ashy black. Face, I'l ; 

 length, 12. Weight, 7oz. 



SiDAM Arghuni. — Male. Beak, ;black ; eyes, orange-yellow ; 

 plumage, black, grizzled with blue, and exceedingly lustrous. 

 Face, 1-12 ; length, 12-9. Weight, 10-75oz. 



MiGizi {Brain (?) Pigeon). — Female. Beak, brownish; eyes, 

 orange-yellow ; plumage, blue and black chequered ; neck much 

 lustred; black-barred tail. Face, 1-25; length, 131. Weight, 

 8-5oz. 



SiDAM BoEGHUL. — Female. Beak, black ; eyes, orange ; 

 excepting tail, which is dark blue with bar, every feather on 

 this bird is black with a white tip ; the head and neck appear 

 as if powdered with white; breast has a green, bronze lustre. 

 Thighs, ashy and lustrous; shoulders, creamy white, with the 

 black at the roots of the feathers showing in places through the 

 white ; flights, black and white, with white tips. Face, 1-23 ; 

 length, 12. Weight, SlOoz. 



SiDAM BoRGHUL.— Female. Plumage same as foregoing, 

 but has a peak crest and frontal tuft like the Char Bash. 

 Face, 1-24; length, 12-1. Weight, 8oz. 



KosH PopsHAK Arghuni {Double Top-hnot).—l^la.le. Beak, 

 greyish black; eyes, orange-red; frontal tuft and peak crest; 

 head, neck, and breast, black, richly lustred with green and 

 purple; shoulders, brownish blue, tipped with black; rump, 

 ashy black ; flights, bluish brown ; tail, blue, with black bars. 

 Face, 1-07 ; length, 13-9. Weight, 12-2oz. 



Ak Koyruk Bajini {White-tailed Chinese). — Female. Beak, 

 greyish black; eyes, orange; head, black, with white frontal 

 spot; neck and breast, black, lustred with green and bronze; 

 shell crest; thighs, dark ashy black; body feathers, black, with 



