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No. 204. Srinagar, July 29, 1873. 

 No. 235. Srinagar, August 1, 1873. 

 Nos. 1715, 1717. Yarkand, May 22, 1874. 

 No. 1782. Yarkand, May 24, 1874. 



Colonel Biddulph says that he only procured this species in the Sind Valley. 



Genus TRIBURA. 



145. TuiBURA MAJOR. (Plate IX.) 



Lusciniola major (Brooks) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 124 (1881). 

 Acrocephalus macrorhynchus (Hume) j Scully^ Str. F. iv. p. 146 (1876). 

 Dumeticola major, Brooks ; Biddulpk^ Ibis^ 1881, p. 65 ; Scully, t. e. p. 448. 

 Tribura major, Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 362 (1889). 



No. 300. Sonamarg, August 10, 1873.— Length 5*65 inches, wing 2-3, tail 235, tarsus 



0-85 ; expanse 7*15 ; bill from front 0*38, from gape 0*8. Iris brown ; bill horny, 



yellow below ; feet light brown, tarsi yellowish fleshy. 

 No. 352. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873.— Length 62 inches, wing 2*38, tail 2-5, tarsus 0*8; 



expanse 7*2; length of foot 1-3. Iris brown; bill horny, yellow below; feet pale, 



with slight fleshy tinge. 

 Nos. 375, 383. Baltal, August 12, 1873. 



Nos. 432, 435, ad. et juv. Tashgam, Dras Valley, August 17, 1873. 

 No. 490. Kharbu, Ladak, August 21, 1873.— Length 6*25 inches, wing 2*3, tail 2*4, 



tarsus 0-9 ; bill from front 0*55, from gape 0*75. Iris pale brown ; bill horny black, 



lower mandible paler, yellow at the angles of the mouth. Note ''tick, tick, tick : " 



lives in fields on grass. Native name " Chibi marta." 

 No. 493. Kharbu, August 21, 1873. 

 No. 550. Leh, August 27, 1873. 

 Nos. 1845, 1850. Kugiar, June 2, 1874. 



According to Dr. Stoliczka's ' Diary ' this species was not common near Sonamarg in 

 August, but more plentiful apparently near Baltal, though ''very difficult to get." 



Colonel Biddulph states that he found this Warbler very common in Ladak, especially 

 about Leh, both coming and going. It frequented the cornfields, at elevations of from 

 10,000 to 11,000 feet, and was not found near water. It occurred singly, and not in flocks. 



The specimen procured by Dr. Scully was only doubtfully referred to his Acrocephalus 

 macrorJiyncJius by Mr. Hume, who was not able at the time to compare it with the type. 

 Mr. Seebohm (Cat. B. v. p. 403) thought it must be Hypolais rama, but Mr. Oates has 

 identified it with T. major {cf, Paun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 361). Dr. Scully writes : — ''I 

 found this bird between Kizil Aghil and Tarn, at elevations of from 7000 to 9000 feet, in 

 August. The bird occurred in long grass (called cUgh) near the Arpalak and Sanju streams ; 

 it seemed to be very restless, continually flitting from blade to blade, and only one specimen 

 was obtained. In Turki it is called ' Chighchi,' in allusion to the grass which it frequents." 



