116 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 
Yarkandis knowing so much about birds and clearly diseri- 
minating between nearly allied species as they do; with refer- 
ence to the names of birds I never accepted the unsupported 
statement of any one individual, but cross-questioned as many 
people as possible about the matter, so that I believe the names 
I have given are quite accurately applied. About migration 
I noticed that the Yarkandis spoke of birds moving towards 
Aksu and Kulja (North), Mazan Daran in Persia (West), Hin- 
doostan (South), or Lob and Bajin—China— (Hast). 
1.—*Vultur monachus, Lin. 
This Vulture is found, though rarely, in the hills bordering 
Eastern Turkestan and a few stragglers are occasionally seen 
in the plains. The only specimen I got was captured in July 
1875, by one of my Yarkandi servants, at Sughuchak—about 
fifteen miles from the city of Yarkand. 
The bird had somehow fallen into a lake and was secured while 
thoroughly wet and unable to fly. On dissection it proved to 
be a young female and had evidently sustained some injury to 
its leg; for I found a mass of spongy callus, about one inch in 
diameter, attached to the head of the right tarso-metatarsal 
bone. The following measurements and particulars were noted 
at the time from the fresh bird: Length, 447; expanse, 113°3; 
wing, 31:2; tail, 16:2; tarsus, 43; bill, from gape, 3:5; 
wings fall short of tail, 2-4; weight, 33tbs. 12°5 ounces. — Bill 
black above—the sides and lower mandible blueish grey. Cere 
blueish plumbeous; edges of gape pink. Irides dark brown. 
Orbital skin and bare skin of head and neck, very pale green- 
ish. Legs and feet, greenish cream colour; claws black. The 
Turki name for this species is Salwar. 
7.—Gypaetus barbatus, Lin. 
The Lammergeyer was often noticed on the journey through 
Ladak, but I only saw it once in Fastern Turkestan, viz., on 
the Sanju Pass, and between the Pass and Kichik Yailak, on the 
24th September 1874. The Sanju Pass though only 16,600 
feet above sea level is perhaps the most difficult on the road 
from India to Yarkand, and is strewn on both sides with the 
carcases of dead. horses. Marmots abound too above Kichik 
Yailak, and the Bearded Vulture is said to prey on them be- 
sides feeding on carrion. The Turki name of this species (no 
specimen of which was obtained) is Ghiji. 
* As I am entirely responsible for the identification of the species included in this 
list, I desire to explain that I have been able to give very little time to the matter 
and have had to uame the collection without other specimens for comparison and with 
very few books to consult, so that it is only too probable that some of the names here 
given may have, on fuller investigation, to be altered—Ep., S. F. 
+ All measurements are given in English inches and decimals of inches. 
