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all over—except at point of small end—with sepia colored dots ; 
at the broad end the brown sepia spots are more distinct, and 
there are a few blotches of the same color here and there. It 
measures 1°78 in length by 1°25 in breadth. . 
829.—Coturnix communis, Bonaterre. 
Four males, collected at Yarkand,in May and June.—Length, 
7:1 to 7:4; expanse, 13°7 to 14:2; wing, 4 to 4°35; tail, 14 
to 1°95; tarsus, 0°9 to 1:05; bill, from gape, 0°6 to 0°65 ; 
closed wings fall short of tail, 0.35 to 0°6; weight, 1:750z. to 
2:30z. Bill, black or dusky; irides, brown, light brown and 
hazel ; legs and feet, fleshy; claws, light horny and dusky horn. 
The Quail seems to be a permanent resident in the plains of 
Kashgharia: I got two birds at Yarkand in February and the 
Shikaris were positive that the bird was to be met with through- 
out on the winter. In the summer the birds were common in 
the fields about Yarkand, though not very numerous. The 
Turki name for this species is Budinah, but the common people 
generally call it Watwalak. 
839 dis.— Otis tetrax, Lin. 
9. Kashghar, 8th December—Length, 16; wing, 9°65; 
tail, 3°5; tarsus, 2°4; bill, from gape, 1°6. 
Bill, dusky, yellowish at base; irides, light brown; legs dirty 
yellow,—the toes, somewhat darker ; claws, dusky. 
A single specimen of the Little Bustard was obtained at 
Kashehar in December. The bird is not at all common near 
Kashehar or Yarkand, but on the road from Karghalik to 
Sanju, in August, I heard a good deal about it; and at 
Koshtak had the characteristic foot prints of this bird point- 
ed out to me on thesand. The Turki name for this species 
is Kum tokhos?, i.e., ‘the Sand Fowl’; it is said to frequent 
open plains chiefly, sometimes long grass jungle, and to be 
a vegetable feeder. 
844,—Squatarola helvetica, Gmelin. 
3. Kashghar, 29th November.—Length, 11°65; wing, 7:9 > 
tail, 3°35; tarsus, 2:0; bill, at front, 1-36. Bill, black; iridess 
dark brown ; legs and feet, greyish black ; claws, black. 
?. Kashghar, 22nd November.—Length, 11:12 ; wing, 7:3; 
tail, 3:2; tarsus, 1°8; bill, at front, 1:25. Bill and claws, 
black ; irides, blackish brown; legs and feet, greyish black. 
Two specimens of the Grey Plover were shot near running 
water, between the Fort and City of Kashghar, in November. 
It was never noticed in the country at any other time, and 
IT have no information about it. In common with several 
other Plovers it is called in Turki Chullok. 
