142 A CONTRIBUTION TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 
lar nest in a walnut tree, but it did not then contain any eggs ; 
and on the 12th June I found another Oriole’s nest, in a poplar 
tree, about 10 feet above the ground, in which there were three 
egos. 
The eggs are moderately elongated ovals, not tapering much 
towards the small end. They are pure papery whito, with 
a moderate gloss; dull purplish black spots, from the size of 
a pin’s point to that of a pin’s head, being sparingly scattered 
over the surface of the ego—chiefly at the large end. The- 
large spots run into each other, here and there, - and are sur- 
rounded by a faint brownish halo. The egos vary in length 
from 1:04 ‘to 1:14 and in breadth from 08 to 0°82; the aver- 
age of the three eggs being 1°08 by 0°81. 
483.—Pratincola indica, Blyth. 
Shot between Tam and Tadlik, me August.—Length, 
5-4; expanse, 9°3; wing, 2°95; tail, ; tarsus, 1:0; bill, 
fed gape, 0°68 ; lose wings fall tee of tail, 1:0; weight, 
0°6 oz. Bill, brownish dusky; tip of lower mandible, yellowish ; 
irides, dark brown ; lees, feet, and claws, black ; soles of feet, 
yellow. 
shot between Tadlik and Kichik Yailah, 18th August.— 
Expanse, 8°9; wing, 2°86; tarsus, 0:95; bill, from gape, 0°7 ; 
weight, 0°6 2. Bill, legs, feet, and claws, black ; irides, blacks 
ish brown. 
Shot between Tadlik and Kichik Yailak, 18th August.— 
Length, 5-2; expanse, 9; wing, 2°9; tail, 2-1; tarsus, 0:95; 
_ bill, from gape, 0.7; closed wine's fall ‘short of tail, ia weight, 
0°5 oz. Bill, Glnek: lower mandible, brownish at ‘band § ; irides, 
brownish blncke ; legs, feet, and bias, black. 
This species was met with in August, in bushes of willow and 
buckthorn fringing the Sanju stream, at elevations of from 9,000 
to 11,000 feet. It was not numerous. I believe I saw this bird 
also in the plains, at Koshtak in August. The Yarkandi name 
for the species is Jingsa. 
491—Saxicola isabellina, Riipp. 
Three males, shot in April, May and August.—Length, 6°35 
to 7:0; expanse, 12 to 12°75 ; wing, 3°9 to 4°1; tail, 2°3 to 2°6 ; 
tarsus, 1:1 to 1:2; bill, from gape, 0-9 to 0:95 ; ‘closed wing 
fall short of tail, 0°9 to 0: 95 ; weight, 0:9 oz. to 1: 9 OZ. 
Bill black, in one specimen yellow ish at base below ; irides, 
dark brown; legs and feet, black and brownish black; claws, 
black. 
9 Yarkand, 20th May.—Length, 6; expanse, 11:4; wing, 
3:7; tail, 2; tarsus, 1:05; bill, from gape, 0°82; closed wings 
