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perching on the reeds ; again in the swamps round Yarkand, and again in similar localities 

 about Maralbashi it was very common, in flocks of from 30 to 40. This was in winter. I 

 do not remember seeing them anywhere in summer, and certainly never on the Pamir or in 

 Wakhan." 



Dr. Scully says : — " The Bearded Reedling was exceedingly common in the plains of 

 Eastern Turkestan, among the reeds and rushes growing in marshy ground and on the 

 borders of lakes. I did not observe it in winter, but it was said to be a permanent resident 

 in the country. These birds take short wavering flights, in small flocks usually, and as they 

 fly make a curious sound, which is sought to be imitated by the Turki name given to the 

 species, ' Jingjing.' Near Tarkand this bird breeds in April and May." 



Family MELIPHAGID^. 



Genus ZOSTEROPS. 

 136. ZoSTEROPS PALPEBHOSA. 



Zosterops palpebrosa (T.) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 214 (1889). 



No. 103. Murree, July 7, 1873. 



No. 127. Tinali, Jhelum Valley, July 18, 1873. 



No. 143. Chackoti, July 22, 1873. 



No. 279. Gond, August 8, 1873. 



Colonel Biddulph procured specimens at Baramula in August, and says that the species 

 was very common in the Jhelum Valley in Kashmir. 



Eamily EEGULID^. 



Genus REGULUS. 

 137. EeGULUS REGULUS. 



Motacilla reguluSj Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 338 (1766). 



Regulus cristatus, Koch ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. QQ (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 92 ; Bidd. Ibis, 



1881, p. 67', Scully, t. c. p. 450; Bidd. Ibis, 1882, p. 279; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. 



Wien, 1883, p. 84; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 344 (1889). 

 Regulus Mmalayensis, Blyth; Prjev. in Rowley's Grn. Misc. ii. p. 173 (1877). 



No. 919, ad. Sanju, November 1, 1873. — Bill black ; feet horny black. Length 4*15 



inches, wing 2-1, tail 1*7, tarsus 0*75. 

 No. 942, 6 ad. Bora, November 4, 1873. — Bill black; feet horny brown. Length 4*2 



inches, wing 2*2, tail 1*6. 

 No. 945, ad. Bora, November 4, 1873. 

 Nos. 1117, 1121, ad. Yangihissar, December 2, 1873. 

 Nos. 1134, 1144, ad. Kashghar, December 11-14, 1873. 



Also seen by Colonel Biddulph at Leh in September. 



