378 FANCY PIGEONS. 



and with the peculiar frontal tuft, but rather smaller. Face, 

 1-07 ; length, 13'5. Weight, lO3oz. 



ALDI POPSHAK ALA KARGHA (Frontal Top-knot Variegated 

 Crow}. Female. Beak, very short and thick; eyes, golden 

 yellow; marked like the Char Bash; frontal tuft wonderfully 

 developed. Face, '82; length, 121. Weight, 8'25oz. Some of 

 the short-faced Yarkand pigeons tumble in the air, but not 

 to any great extent. 



SIDAM RAKHSHI. Male. A very curious bird. Beak, light; 

 eyes, yellow ; colour, black ; head, white above eyes ; white 

 stripe down the gullet, about an inch long ; white flight 

 feathers ; shoulders, as in a Turbit, whitish, but showing black 

 through the white, the quills and under down being dark. Face, 

 1-07; length, 12-7. Weight, 9-5oz. 



DAMDAR (Blower, or Trumpeter}. Male. Beak, light, red 

 flesh-colour at base ; eye ceres, orange ; eyes, dark brown ; peak, 

 crested ; legs, feathered ; a few toe feathers ; colour, pure white. 

 Face, 1-37 ; length, 127. Weight, 10'5oz. 



KIZIL TOKUM DAMDAR (Red Blower}. Male. Beak, light; 

 eyes, dark brown; shell crest; stocking legs; colour, white, 

 with ashy-red shoulders; breast, mottled, with about twenty 

 feathers, well separated. Face, 1'25 ; length, 13. Weight, 9'4oz. 



KARA TOKUM DAMDAR (Black Blower}. Female. Beak, 

 light; eyes, dark brown; shell crest; legs unfeathered; Kity 

 black shoulders; mottled breast. Face, 1'24; length, 13*2. 

 Weight, 7'25oz. 



KAGHAZI (Kaghaz means Paper}. Female. All white Dove- 

 like pigeon; eyes, dark brown. Face, T25; length, 12'3. 

 Weight, 8-9oz. 



PELANG (Leopard, or Mottled}. Female. Upper mandible, 

 light ; lower, dark ; eyes, bright red ; head and neck with Tur- 

 biteen cheek markings ; shoulders, Kity black ; rest of body 

 plumage white, flecked with black; some flights white, others 

 black; tail, rusty black. Face, T25; length, 12'5. Weight, 

 8'25oz. 



