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13. Bubo turcomanus, Eversm. 



Eversraann's Eagle-Owl is probably a resident. A young 

 one was shot near Ran-kul in August. 



-f44. Asio BRACHYOTUS (Lath.). 

 The Short-eared Owl was seen in October on the Bash-Alai. 



15. CoRvus coRAX, Linn. (var. C. tibetanus, Hodgs.). 



The Raven is common enough throughout the Pamir, and 

 was seen there in summer and autumn. It is probably a 

 resident ; but it may be presumed that being an early-breed- 

 ing bird, it descends in winter to lower elevations. 



16. CoRvus oRiENTALis, Evcrsm. (C corone part. auct.). 

 Some specimens of the Carrion-Crow were seen near the 



Jashil-kul and on the river Ak-bai-tal at the end of August. 



17. CoRvus coRNix, Linn. 



The Hooded Crow only migrates through the Pamir in 

 October. 



18. Pyrrhocorax graculus, Linn. 



The Chough is found here and there on the Pamir moun- 

 tains, and is common in the Kysil-art gorge ; it breeds there, 

 and probably also sometimes winters on the Pamir. I found 

 still numerous in October. 



19. Pica leucopteba, Gould. 



The eastern form of the Magpie was often found in the 

 Kysil-art gorge in October, and more rarely on the whole 

 Pamir range in August. 



20. Sturnus purpurascens, Gould. 



A specimen of the Purple-winged Starling was procured 

 during migration at the south of the Kysil-art in October. 



21. Pastor roseus, Linn. 



Young Rose-coloured Starlings straggled near Kara-kul 

 at the beginning of August 1878, when a large flight of 

 locusts arrived, ascending the Kashgar Darya from Eastern 

 Turkestan. 



22. Oriolus kundoo, Sykes. 



The Indian Oriole was seen during migration near the river 



