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two males at Yarkand in the same month. This species was 
tolerably common near Kashghar and Yarkand during the 
winter frequenting swampy ground covered with rushes. It was 
not noticed in spring or summer, but Mr. Shaw purchased a 
young bird of the year about the middle of July, which would 
seem to prove that this bird does not breed far from Yarkand, 
at any rate. I kept several of these birds in confinement and 
found that their favorite attitude was with the beak directed 
straight up in the air, the eyes looking very vacant and the whole 
body kept very still and unmoved ; when made to walk about 
the reom they would shake out their neck feathers and look very 
fierce. The natives said that one required to be very careful in 
handling these birds, as they were very fond of making a peck 
straight at one’s eye; a wild hare, kept in the same room with 
a Bittern, died one night, and next morning one of its eyes was 
found very neatly picked out; my servants looked on this inci- 
dent as a striking confirmation of the eye-extracting tendencies 
of the bird. 
The Yarkandis call this species Kul bughasi, the ‘Stag 
of the Lake’ and say that it is a permanent resident in the 
country, breeds in long grass jungle, and makes a very loud 
booming noise by sticking its bill into a reed | 
Dimensions from skins: three males.—Wing, 13:7 to 13°75; 
tarsus, 3°75 to 3°95; bill, from gape, 3°9 to 4:2; at front, 2°85 
to 2°96. 
Female.—Wing, 12:4; tarsus, 3°6; bill, from gape, 3°8 ; at 
front, 2°63. 
Cygnus olor, Gmel.* 
The Swan was often mentioned to me as being plentiful in 
Lob and towards Aksu; captive individuals of this species were 
seen at Kashghar in November, swimming inapond atthe Shrine 
of Hazrat Apak. The Turki name for the species is Koday. 
945.—Anser cinereus, Weyer. 
9. Yarkand, 28th February.—Length, 31; tail, 6; tarsus, 
3; bill, from gape, 2°7. Bill, reddish fleshy, the tip whitish ; 
irides, brown ; legs and feet, reddish fleshy. 
Q. Juv. Yarkand, 6th July.—Length, 30°5 ; expanse, 60°25; 
wing, 16°5; tail, 6:3; tarsus, 3; bill, from gape, 2°65 ; weight, 
5lbs. 15°75 oz. Bill, reddish fleshy ; irides, brown; legs and feet, 
red flesh color; claws, dusky at tips. 
The Grey Lag Goose is a seasonal visitant to KAshgharia, 
where it breeds. The first specimen of this species which I got 
was shot near Yarkand on the 28th February ; in the early part 
of March they were often seen flying over the Fort at Yarkand 
and going straight north. The bird is said to breed plentifully 
* T am not certain that I have correctly identified the species; no specimen was 
preseryed,—J. 8S. 
