324 LETTER FROM MR. T. D. FORSYTH. [June 2, 



Gardens ; and I only recollect having seen one in any of the con- 

 tinental establishments. 



6. A Guilding's Parrot, Chrysotis guildingi (Vigors), kindly 

 purchased for the Society by Mr. G. H. Hawtayne of St. Vincent's, 

 and received May 29th. 



Mr. Hawtayne tells me that this Parrot is now scarce in St. Vin- 

 cent's, and that he has only succeeded in obtaining the preseut 

 specimen after many inquiries. Mr. Hawtayne writes to me that 

 another species of Chrysotis occurs in S. Lucia, of which he kindly 

 undertakes to procure examples. 



The Dominican Chrysotis is C. augusta * ; but I do not know 

 what the S. Lucian species can be (unless it be C. bouquetit). 



The following letter, addressed to the President by Mr. T. D. 

 Forsyth, British Envoy to Kashgar, dated Kashgar, 27th January, 

 1874, was read : — 



" My Lord, — I have much pleasure in forwarding for your 

 information, and for that of the Members of the Zoological Society 

 of London, a note on the Large Wild Sheep, Ovis poli of Blyth, 

 which has been drawn up by Dr. F. Stoliczka, naturalist attached to 

 the present Mission to Kashgar and Yarkundt. I am indebted to 

 Lieut. -Col. Gordon for the sketch from life by which it is accom- 

 panied, as also for a drawing of the horns of the Maral Stag now 

 forwarded. 



" Although I anticipate considerable difficulty in conveying live 

 animals to India by the mountain route across the Karakorum, I am 

 attempting to make a collection. Besides the Fat-tailed Sbeep and the 

 pushun-yielding goats of Eastern Turkestan, we have here the Gazella 

 gutturosa and a particularly fine stag, which is worthy of special 

 notice. This species is known here as the ' Maral,' under which 

 name the Stag is spoken of in Persia. The animal now with the 

 Mission collection is only about four years old, and has been kept in 

 confinement from early days. The following measurements will 

 give an idea of its proportions : — The height at shoulder 4^ feet 

 (approximate) ; from between hon.s to root of tail 74 inches (ap- 

 proximate). 



" Of birds, we have at present only secured the Ular (Tetraogallus 

 tibetanus) and the Kiklak (Caccabis pallidus), which Hume sepa- 

 rates under a distinct name from both the Ladak and the South- 

 Himalayan Chukor. Many familiar European birds have been met 

 with since the Mission entered Kashgar territory ; and Dr. Stoliczka 

 hopes to send a note regarding those which have been collected 

 during the winter to ' Stray Feathers.' 



" Trusting that these few notes may not be without interest, 



" I am, yours truly, 



"T.D. Forsyth." 



* See P. Z. S. 1865, p. 437. t This paper is given below, p. 425. 



