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No. 655, ad. Leli, September 9, 1873. 



No. 676, ad. Tikzag, September 12, 1873. 



No. 696, ad. Tsultak, N. of Changla, September 15, 1873. 



No. 814, young. Shahidula, October 19, 1873. 



No. 1019, ad. Yarkand, November 13, 1873. 



No. 1158, ad. Kashgbar, December 17, 1873. — Length 8*4 inches, wing 3*8, tail 39, tarsus 



0-95; expanse 11-7; bill from front 0-5, from gape 0-73; length of foot 1-32. 



Iris blackish ; bill black, paler at lower base ; feet black. 

 No. 1274, ad. Kashghar, January 25, 1874. 

 No. 1499, ad. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 

 No. not given. Sarikol, May 9, 1874.— Length 7*6 inches, wing 3-56, tail 3-4, tarsus 0-92 ; 



expanse 11*5 ; bill from front 0*45, from gape 0*7 ; length of foot 1*2 ; spread of foot 



0*95. Iris dark brown ; bill black ; feet black, soles dusky. 

 No. 1700. Yarkand, May 20, 1874. 

 No. 1796. Yarkand, May 27, 1874. 

 No. 1808. Karghalik, May 29, 1874. 



Dr. Stoliczka says that M, personata was moderately common, near Sonamarg. He also 

 states that it was not uncommon about Kashghar in December, and again near Panjah in 

 April. 



Dr. Henderson obtained the species at Oi-tograk in the plains of Yarkand, and others, 

 as well as nestling birds, in August, along the Arpalak Eiver. Generally, wherever there 

 was water throughout Yarkand, similar Wagtails were observed. 



" This species,'' says Dr. Scully, " is the common Wagtail of Eastern Turkestan, where 

 it is found in great numbers throughout the plains, generally near habitations and streams 

 of running water. It is most numerous from March to September, but some of these birds 

 are certainly to be seen throughout the year. This Wagtail breeds in May, and is called in 

 Turki ' Kok Sunduk,' i. e, ' Blue Wagtail.' " 



On the 27th of May Dr. Stoliczka got the nest near Yarkand. " It breeds on the ground 

 near the edge of the water. The nest is about 1*25 inches deep and about 2-5 inches in 

 diameter, constructed of moss and grass, with a very thick lining of horse-hair inside. Eggs 

 six, greenish white, dotted all over with dull inky brown. Out of the six eggs two were 

 fresh and two were bad, and two contained live, almost fully-developed young. I saw a few 

 other nests ; they had from four to six young birds, just hatched." 



107. MOTACILLA HODGSONI. 



Motacilla luzoniensis (nee Seop.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 223 (1873). 

 Motacilla personata, var. melanonota, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. Q7, 139 (1873). 

 Motacilla japonica (nee Swinh.) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 177. 



Motacilla hodgsoni, Blyth; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 67^ Scully, t. c. p. 451; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. 

 p. 486 (1885) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 291 (1890). 



No. 221. Srinagar, July 31, 1873.— Length 7-2 inches, wing 3-5, tail 3 '1, tarsus 095; 



expanse 10*5; bill from front 0*5, from gape 0'75. Iris brown; bill black; feet 



black. 

 No. 260. Srinagar, August 5, 1873. 



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