80 Mr. N. A. Severtzow on the 



high alpine zone of Turkestan above the limits of the alpine 

 woods, were not found on the Pamir, viz. : — 



1. Vultur monachus (a). 17. Kuticilla erythronota {t). 



2. Athene plumipes. 18. Saxicola vittata {t). 



3. Pyrrhocorax alpinus (n). 19. Cinclus leucogaster («). 



4. Acanthis fringillirostris (n). 20. Lanius homeyeri {t). 



5. brevirostris (n). . 21. Ohelidon lagopoda*. 



6. Fringilla montifringilla (t). 22. Perdix barbata (a). 



7. Fringillauda altaica (a). 23. Caccabis cliukar («). 



8. Emberiza passerina, Pall. 24. by emails (a). 



9. Alauda arvensis (t). 25. Grus cinerea. Yulduz. 



10. Budytes cltreola. 26. vlrgo. Yulduz. 



11. citreoloides. 27. Charadrius geoffroyi. 



12. melanocephala (t). 28. Anas strepera. 



13. Motacilla alba (t). 29. Fuligula rufina. 



14. Accentor rufilatus, Sev. 30. Mergus merganser (a). 



15. Phylloscopus indicus (t). 31. Larus ridibundus (n). 



16. superciliosus (t). 



The sign (w) indicates bird breeding, the sign {a) indicates 

 bird not breeding, on these heights, but lower in the moun- 

 tains, and ascending after the breeding- seas on in July. The 

 letter {t) indicates birds only found in migration. 



All together 152 species have been found up to the present 

 time in the high alpine regions of Tian-shan and the Pamir, 

 of which 65 species breed there. Of these species 31 are 

 not found in the Pamir; but I have given a list of them in order 

 to complete the high alpine avifauna of inner Asia. As the 

 distribution of these 31 birds is mostly local, the Pamir avi- 

 fauna may still be increased by many of them, and may, 

 besides, receive other additions ; and so I give no list of the 

 birds observed only on Pamir and not on the corresponding 

 heights of the Tian-shan system, of which I could name 

 30 species or more. This great difiFerence in the avifaunas, 

 however, is only apparent : they are certainly different ; 

 but the difference is inconsiderable, and it would be 

 premature to draw any conclusions upon the subject. 

 Many birds that are common to the Pamir and the 



* Found in Yulduz and determined by Col. Prjevalsky. This species 

 breeds in Mongolia, north-east of Yulduz. 



