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957.—Spatula clypeata, Linn. 
Two specimens of the Shoveller, a female and a male, were 
preserved at Kashghar in November and December. According 
to Yarkandi accounts very few of these birds remain in the 
country during the winter, the vast majority of them migrating to 
India. They breed during the summer in the north of Kash- 
gharia, about the neighbourhood of Maralbashi, and are said to 
collect, for a short time, near Yarkand, when the cold sets in, 
previous to their inigration southwards. ‘The Turki name for 
the species is given as Kanak Aurdak. 
g. Kashghar, 18th December.—Jiength, 19°8; wing, 9°3; 
tail, 3°3; tarsus, 1°4; bill, from gape, 2°85. Bill: upper man- 
dible, brownish dusky ; lower, pale yellowish orange ; legs and 
feet, orange yellow ; ; al lWs, pro nic horn. 
2. Kashyhar, 1st November.—Length, 17°5 ; wing, 8°35 ; 
tail, 3°1; tarsus, 1°25; bill, from gape, 2°65. Bill: upper man- 
dible, brown ; lower, yellowish; legs and feet, pale orange yel- 
low; claws, brown horny. 
958.—Anas boschas, Linn. 
¢. Yarkand, 10th April.—Length, 21:5; expanse, 35; wing, 
10-7 ; tail, 4:1; tarsus, 1:7; bill, from gape, 2°5; closed wings 
reach to end of tail; weight, 216s 6°75 oz. Bill, black above, 
reddish yellow below ; irides, dark brown ; legs and toes, yellowish 
red; webs, duskv ; claws, black. Oviduct contained an egg 
larger than that of a ene fowl. 
9 . Juv. Yarkand, 22nd July.—Length, 19:7; expanse, 31 ; 
wing, 83; tail, 4°3; tarsus, 16; bill, from gape, 2:2; closed 
wings fall short of tail, 2-2; weight, 11b 50z. Bill, greenish 
dusky above, orange yellow below; irides, light ion legs 
and toes, dark orange; webs, dusky ; claws, brownish dusky. 
ae ue. Yarkand, 22nd July. —Leneth, 21:5; expanse, 31:4; 
wing, 7:4; tail, 4-5 3 tarsus, 1:6; bill, om cape, 2°53 wings 
short of tail, 3°2 ; eeielit, Itb 9-2oz. Bill, greenish, dusky at 
tip and culmen, sides yellow ; irides, Weaeae legs and feet, dusky 
orange; claws, blackish. 
ae Te post nuptial plumage, Yarkand, 26th July.—Length, 
23°5; tail, 4°8; tarsus, 1:6; bill, from gape, 2°5; weight, “tbs 
3-50z. Bill, yellowish ¢ ereen ; nail, black ; irides, ‘dark brown ; 
legs and ee orange 3 claws, benaniah black. 
“Besides the above, seven other specimens were preserved, at 
Kashghar or Yark: ind, during the winter months. 
The Mallard occurs in great numbers in Kashgharia during 
the whole winter, w hen it is decidedly the commonest of the 
Duck tribe. In spring and summer it seemed to be less_plenti- 
ful; but this may perhaps have been because it was cast into the 
