96 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 
With reference to the Birds this month, there has been no 
change with regard to the species enumerated in May ; and 
here I will only mention the additions to my list in June. 
I have heard a good deal about the Shunkar (Falco Hender- 
soni?) ; although I have offered to vive any reasonable price for 
one of these birds, I have not succeeded in getting a specimen. 
The Giyah (Haliatus leucoryphus) I have seen on several occa- 
sions, but I have not yet been able to shoot one of these birds. 
In the marshes I have seen a Yellow Wagtail, differing from 
Budytes citreola, and very numerous. Co? -ydalla Richar rdi, called 
by the natives Sairam, has been obtained in moist ground 
overgrown with short grass. <A few days ago I purchased a 
caged specimen of Carpodacus mongolicus ; it is a sweet songster 
and is only a winter visitant to Eastern Turkestan. Paluwmbena 
Eversmanni I found very numerous ina large clump of poplars 
(P. balsamifera) at Taskhama. Among the waders I have to 
adi the following species to the list given in May, viz., Galli- 
nago scolopacinus, Gallinula chloropus, Porzana pygmea and 
Rallus aquaticus. The Grebes (Podiceps cristatus and Podiceps 
minor) in the Sughuchak lake, and the Cormorant (Graculus 
carbo) seen once near the Yarkand river, complete the list of 
novelties this month. Nestlings or quite young birds of all 
the following species have been either obtained or observed this 
month: Zinnunculus alaudarius, Milvus melanotis, Cuculus cano- 
rus, Upupa epops, Lanius arenarius, Oriolus kundoo, Saxicola 
asabellina, Suya albosuperciliaris, Nisoria undata, Sylvia curruca, 
Motacilla personata, Budytes citreola, Calamophilus biarmicus, 
Corvus culminatus, Sturnus vulgaris, Passer montanus, Huspiza 
luteola, Galerita magna, Palumbena Hversmanni, Turtur auritus, 
Vanellus cristatus, Gallinago  scolopacinus, Totanus calidris, 
Fulica atra, Anser cinereus, Casarca rutila, Anas boschas, and 
Aythya nyroca. 
Yarkand, 1st July.—If continuous drilling can make good 
soldiers, the garrison of Yarkand should be most efficient ; I 
see the troops hard at work every morning (except on Fridays) 
for more than three hours. This morning they had a sort of 
field day ; over a thousand men being assembled on the ground 
between the Fort and City. Infantr y, Cavalry, and Artillery 
(represented by two guns) went through various evolutions 
under the command of the Dad Khwah in person. 
By order of the Dad Khwah, the Yuzbashi, our Mihmandar, 
invited us to camp out for a few days ina large bagh or 
orchard, about three miles from the Fort. Our tents were sent 
out in the morning and in the afternoon I rode out to the fine 
bagh, belonging to one Hassan Jan Bai, which [ had before 
visited in search of birds. Here I found the tents pitched 
