12 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Genus CERCHNEIS. 



22. Oerchneis tinnunculus. 



Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 425 (1874) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 



(1873) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 40; Scully, ibid. p. 418; Radde, Ornis, iii. p. 468 (1887). 

 Tinnunculus alaudarius, Dresser, Ihis, 1876, p. 108; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 120 (1876); Blanf. East. 



Persia, ii. p. 105 (1876) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 99 ; Zarudn. Gig. Trauscasp. p. 29 (1885) ; 



Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 79 (1887). 

 Falco tinnunculus, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 47; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 54; Homeyer & Tancre, 



MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 82. 



No. 395. Leh, August 30, 1873. [Young female.] 



No. 801. Kiziljilga, Karakash Valley, October 3, 1873. [Young male.] 



No. 972. Karghalik, November 6, 1873. [Male moulting into adult plumage.] 



No. 985. Yarkand, November 9, 1873. [Adult male.] 



No. 986. Yarkand, November 9, 1873. [Young female in moult] 



No. 1123. Yapchan, December 3, 1873. " Kukunak Kuslikunak." [Adult male.] 



No. 1310. Kashgbar, February 5, 1874. [Adult female.] 



No. 1758. Yarkand, May 20, 1874. [Adult female.] 



Colonel Biddulph procured specimens at Kashgbar and Maralbashi in January. He states 

 that it was very common in the plains country of Turkestan and in the low hills near Sanju ; 

 he did not notice it on the Pamir, but procured it again down in Wakhan. 



Dr. Henderson states that the Kestrel was very common in Yarkand, and he also obtained 

 it at Kargil, in Ladak, in June. 



According to Dr. Scully the Kestrel is a permanent resident in Eastern Turkestan. It is 

 common throughout the plains during the whole year, and observed in the hills of the country 

 also, up to an elevation of about 12,000 feet. The Turki name for the Kestrel is ' Kurganak.' 



Dr. Severtzow says that the Kestrel is often seen in summer on the Pamir and Alai. 



Suborder PANDIONES. 



Genus PANDION. 



23. Pandion haliaetus. 



Pandion fluviatilis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873). 



Pandion haliaetus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 449 (1874) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 102; Blanf. 

 East. Persia, ii. p. 114 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 146 (1877) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 420 j Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 82; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 27 (1885). 



No. 182. Srinagar, July 27, 1873. 



Suborder STRIGES. 



Earn. BUBONID^. 



Genus SCOPS. 



24. Scops betjcii. (Plate II.) 



EpUaltes brucii, Hume, Str. F. i. p. 8 (1873). 



Scops brucii (Hume) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 62 (1875) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 47; Scully, ibid, 

 p. 426. 



No. 800. KaraUgh Lake, October 10, 1873.— Length 7*6 inches, wing 6-25, tail 3-0,tarsus 1*4; 

 expanse 21-5; bill from front 0*63, from gape 0-75. Iris sulphur-yellow; bill and 

 feet greenish horny. Temperature at night 25° below zero. Caught at night on the 

 ground near my tent. 



