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No. 1039, c? hiem. Tarkand, November 22, 1873. 



All the above specimens appear to be males in winter plumage. No. 1001 may be 



a female. 

 No. 1167, S . Kasbghar, December 19, 1873. 

 No. 1272, s . Kashgbar, January 25, 1874. — Bill dusky pale bluish, the culmen blackish ; 



feet fleshy brown. Length 6*8 inches, wing 3*56, tail 3, tarsus 0-8. 

 Nos. 1285, 1286, 2 . Kashghar, January 31, 1874» 

 No. 1300, cT . Kashgbar, February 3, 1874. 

 No. 1336, 6 . Kashghar, February 11, 1874. 

 Nos. 1342, 1344, 5 . Kashghar, February 12, 1874. 

 No. 1350, d . Kashghar, February 13, 1874. 

 No. 1382, c? . Kashghar, March 8, 1874. 

 Nos. 1234, 1245, $ , 1256, d . Maralbashi, January 1874. 

 No. 1379, cS . Faizabad, March 2, 1874. 



The whole series is in winter plumage ; nor do the males killed in the middle of 



February or in March show much sign of shedding the tips to the black feathers of 



the throat. 



Colonel Biddulph procured specimens at Tarkand in November, and at Kashghar in 

 December, February, and March, as well as at Maralbashi. They were very common during 

 the winter. He also noticed the species on the march near Karghalik in November. 



According to Dr. Scully this species was " common near Yarkand in winter, and four 

 specimens were preseryed in January and February. It frequented hedges and small trees and 

 was said by the Yarkandis to be a permanent resident ; but I never observed it in summer." 

 The Turki name for this bird is '^ Cha-Kuchkach." 



83. Emberiza pusilla. 



Emheriza pusillttj Pall. E-eis. Russ. Reichs, ill. p. 697 (1776) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873); 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 249 -, Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 177 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. 

 Misc. ii. p. 308 (1877); Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 462; Finsch, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxix. 

 p. 216 (1879) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 487( 1888) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind.,Birds, ii. p. 254. 



No. 845. South of Sanju Pass, Karakash Valley, October 22, 1873. — Length 5*35 inches, 

 wing 2*755 tail 2*25 ; expanse 8'5. Bill greenish horny ; feet brownish yellow. 



An apparently adult bird in winter plumage. 



84. Emberiza hustica. 



Emberiza rustica, Pall. Reis. Buss. Beichs, iii. p. 698 (1776) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 175 

 (1876) ; Finsch, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 216 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 

 1883, p. 90; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 491 (1888). 



No. 919, S hiem. Sanju, October 29, 1873. — Length 6*2 inches, wing 3*1, tail 2-4, tarsus 

 0*75; expanse 8*6; bill from front 0*4 from gape 0*5. Iris reddish brown; bill 

 blackish horny, pale brown along the posterior culmen ; lower mandible pale fleshy 

 brown, dusky at the sides and tip ; feet pale horny brown^ with a very slight fleshy 

 tinge. Wings reach within 1*35 inch of tip of tail. 



No. 935, 6 hiem. Sanju, October 30, 1873. 



