8 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Genus HALIAETUS. 



12. Haliaetus leucoryphus. 



Haliaetus leucoryphus (Pall.); Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873); Hume & Henders. Lahore to 

 Yark. p. 175 (1873); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 308 (1874); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 99; 

 Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 124 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 112 (1876) ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 53; 

 Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 82 ; Menzbier, Orn. Turkest. p. 41 (1888). 



Haliaetus macei, Prjev. in Eowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 148 (1877); Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 27 (1885). 



No. 253. Srinagar, August 3, 1873.— Length 32 inches, wing 25, tail 12*25, tarsus 4*0. 

 Iris light brown ; bill blackish towards tip ; feet waxy white ; cere and gape very pale 

 bluish. 



Colonel Biddulph procured a specimen at Baramula. 



Dr. Henderson states that several specimens of this Eagle were noticed between 

 Yarkand and Karghalik. 



Dr. Scully says : — '' This bird is well known in Kashgharia, where it is called ' Giyah.' 

 I noticed it on several occasions a few miles from the city of Yarkand, in June and July ; 

 and in August at Igarchi, and at Tungtash, about seven miles east of Karghalik. It was 

 always seen in the neighbourhood of water, usually sitting motionless on the bank of a 

 stream or on some mud-cliff near marshy ground. On one occasion I saw it feeding on the 

 carcass of a dead horse, about five miles south of Yarkand. The Yarkandi shikaris say that 

 the ' Giyah ' feeds principally on fish and carrion, but that it sometimes strikes Crows and 

 Hares." 



" Pallas's Sea-Eagle," writes Dr. Severtzow, '' is often seen near the Pamir lakes in 

 August, also near Kara-Kul, Ean-Kul, and Jesehil-Kul. The old birds do not breed every 

 year, but only every second year, in the same manner as Gypaetus harbatus aud the large 

 Vultures. In the year in which they do not breed they moult in June, and lead a migratory 

 life until winter, during which period many are seen on the Pamir." 



Genus POLIOAETUS. 



13. POLIOAETUS PLUMBEUS. 



P olio aetus plumb eus, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. vi. p. 367 (1837). 

 A specimen of this Sea-Eagle was shot at Baramula by Colonel Biddulph. 



Genus MILVUS. 



14. MiLYUS MELANOTIS. 



Milvus melanotis, T. & S. ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 324 (]874) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 126 (1876) ; , 

 id. Ibis, 1881, p. 422; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 152 (1877) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. 

 p. 25 (1855); Menzbier, Orn. Turkest. p. 131 (1889). 



Milvus govinda (nee Sykes), Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 176 (1873) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 44; 

 Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 82. 



No. 179. Srinagar, July 26, 1873 {Biddulph), [Young bird.] 



No. 178. Srinagar, July 26, 1873. [Young bird.] 



No. 233. Srinagar, July 31, 1873. [An immature bird.] 



No. 254. Srinagar, August 3, 1873. '' Ghands." [Young bird.] 



No. 255. Srinagar, August 3, 1873. [An immature bird.] 



No. 244, 6 . Srinagar, August 2, 1873.— Length 22'5 inches, wing 18*5, tail 10*5, tarsus 

 2-25 ; expanse 59-5. Iris pale chocolate-brown ; bill black, cere entirely livid ; feet 

 pale bluish white, with no trace of yellow. [An immature bird.] 



No. 839. Leh, September 6, 1873 {Br. Bellew), [Young bird.] 



