379 TURKESTAN PIGEONS. 



SID AM ZAGH (Zagh, Persian for Crow}. Female. Beak, 

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

 out. Face, 1-25 ; length, 13. Weight, 10'5oz. 



SIDAM ARGHTTNI. Male. Beak brown; eyes, light pink; 

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

 turns to green towards thighs; rump, ashy black. Face, 1*1; 

 length, 12. Weight, 7oz. 



SIDAM ARGHTJNI. Male. Beak, .black ; eyes, orange-yellow ; 

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

 Face, 112; length, 12'9. Weight, lO75oz. 



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 BORGHUL. 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; nights, black and white, with white tips. Face, T23; 

 length, 12. Weight, 810oz. 



SIDAM BORGHUL. Female. Plumage same as foregoing, 

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

 Face, 1*24; length, 121. Weight, 8oz. 



KOSH POPSHAK ARGHUNI (Double Top-knot). Male. 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; nights, bluish brown; tail, blue, with black bars. 

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



AK KOYRTJK 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 



