OF EASTERN TURKESTAN. 115 
any headache except on moving. At this elevation even the 
exertion of dressing is felt to be a tremendous effort. Both 
Montifringilla hematopygia and the Horned Lark (Otocoris 
penicillata) were common to-day. 
3rd.—Karakoram Pass.—A fine frosty morning as we rode up 
to the top of the pass. M. hematopygia was numerous near 
the camp, and I got one quite young bird; so it would seem 
that this species breeds in these inhospitable regions and at such 
great heights. Near the pass I saw a Hoopoe, apparently quite 
at home; and the Tibetan Raven seems to fly about here as 
easily as if it were at an elevation of 10,000 feet instead of 
over 18,000. At 12 o’clock on the Karakoram Pass the baro- 
meter stood at 15-386, and the temperature of the air was 33°°5. 
Many of our followers suffering from the rarefaction of the air, 
but I felt not the slightest inconvenience. 
Here on the watershed between India and Eastern Turtestan, 
I bring this tiresome diary to an end: the birds on the other 
side do not now concern us. I may mention that. from the 
day we left Yarkand to the day we reached the Karakoram 
Pass, I had, (single-handed,) shot, measured, and skinned or ear- 
bolized, one hundred and thirty birds—and that in regions and 
under conditions little favorable for such pursuits. 
1 Bs 
In the following detailed list of Birds of Eastern Turkestan, 
the numbers prefixed to each species are those used in Dr. 
Jerdon’s Birds of India and Mr. Hume’s Catalogue. One 
hundred and fifty-six species are enumerated, the number be- 
longing to each order being as follows :— 
Raptores cee ae ... 25 species. 
Insessores said eee ee tafe) be 
Gemitores Lah eae PASSED 5 
Rasores ane rae soared : 
Grallatores... tak ase 24 a 
Natatores ee bai eae 3 
Total Ja8/ LOG A 
No birds shot south of the Karakoram watershed are here 
included. Unless the contrary is expressly stated all the mea- 
surements, and of course the colors of soft parts, are from 
the fresh bird. Under each species I have given all the infor- 
mation about it which I was able to collect; and I have 
endeavored to make quite clear what statements are made as 
the result of personal observation, and what on the faith of 
native accounts. I may mention that I was surprised to find the 
