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fall short of tail, 1*1; weight, 3°5 oz. Bill, black at tip; basal 
half of upper mandible, brown; basal quarter of lower—green- 
ish ;  irides, dark brown; legs and feet, yellowish green, 
dusky at joints; claws, black. Testes large. 
3. Yarkand, 7th July.—LLength, 12; expanse, 17°5; wing, 
5°35; tail, 2°5; tarsus, 1°33; bill, from gape, 2°7; weight, 
3°8 02. 
Bill, dull black at tip, brownish at base ; legs and feet, greenish ; 
claws, black. 
@. Yarkand, 16th July.—Length, 10°8; expanse, 17-5; 
wing, 5°3; tail, 2:5; tarsus, 13; bill, from gape, 2°83; closed 
wings fall short of tail, 0°65; weight, 2°5 oz. Bill, black at 
tip, brownish green at base ; irides, dark brown; legs and feet, 
greenish ; claws, black. 
The Common Snipe was tolerably numerous in the neigh- 
bourhood of Yarkand in summer, where it was ascertained to 
breed ; the bird was never observed in winter. It was found in 
the neighbourhood of marshy ground and inundated fields. 
This species breeds in May and June: the eges—a good deal 
incubated—were obtained on the 12th June, and two young 
nestlings on the 16th of the same month. 
Two eggs measured 1:58 in length by 1:11 in breadth, and 
1°55 by 1-13. In form they are like a broad oval, suddenly 
pinched and pulled out to form the small end of the egg. They 
have a slight gloss and the ground color is dirty olive ereen. 
The small end is unspotted, the constricted portion of the ere 
has some largest spots of brownish, and the large end is nearly 
covered with confused blotches of brown and brownish black. 
The Turki name for the Snipe is Mahramchi, “the solitary 
one.”’ 
882.—Tringa subarquata, Gmelin. 
Two specimens of the Curlew Stint were shot, in October, in 
marshy ground west of Yar rkand, where it was common. It 
breeds in Eastern Turkestan, but migrates, towards India, it is 
said, in winter. In common with so many other waders it is 
called Yamghurchi, and by natives of Khokand, Kugnak. 
ae pe ae 12th October.—Length, 85; wing, 5; tail, 
2; tarsus, 1 bill, from gape, 1°6. Bill, black; irides, dark 
brown; legs a feet, ereenish black ; Claws, black. 
oat Sughuchak, 18th October .—Length, 8-4; wing, 5; tail, 
2:1; tarsus, 1:15; bill, from gape, 1°45. Bill, dull black ; legs 
and feet, plumbeous black ; claws, black ; irides, dark brown. 
883.—Tringa cinclus, Linn. 
This species was obtained at Kashghar, where it was not very 
common, in October. It is said to bread i in Hastern Turkestan 
