84 SECOND TAEKAND MISSION. 



which are characteristic of winter plumage. On this specimen Dr. Severtzow has 



written : — '' Saxicola tolas, Sev. = ? /S'. morio, 2nd nest, 1st year," meaning that its 



backward plumage is due to its having been a late-bred bird of the previous year. 



Dr. Stoliczka says in his 'Diary' that this Chat was very common at Ighiz Yar on the 18th 



of May. Colonel Biddulph procured a male at Kila Panj on the 12tli of April, 1874, and 



he noticed the species in the Karakash Valley. Dr. Henderson found it on the Arpalak 



River near Sanju, and at Khushtagh, twenty miles further north. Dr. Scully writes :— 



" This species was found in September in the plains of Kashgliaria, at an elevation of about 



6100 feet. It was met with on the desert oases of Sulikaziz Langar and Khushtagh, running 



about in suitable fields, where it was tolerably numerous. The Yarkandis, who know the 



bird well, say that it breeds in the country, and disappears entirely in the winter. The Turki 



name is ' Kara Chiket,' ' Black Wheatear.' " 



172. Saxicola cenanthe. 



Saxicola cenanthe (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873) j Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 333 ; Blanf. 

 East. Persia, ii. p. 14G (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. ii. p. 183 (1877) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, 

 p. 60 ; Scully, t. c. p. 444 j Seebobm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 391 (1881) ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. 

 orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 85 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 37 (1885) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) 

 Zool. V. p. 75 (1889). 



Nos. 1455, 1456 [ d ? ]. Pamir Kul, April 5, 1874. 



No. 1475 [ 6 ]. Panjah, April 16, 1874.— Length 6*5 inches, wing 3-82, tail 2*2, tarsus 



1*15. Iris brown ; bill and feet black. 

 Nos. 1487 [ 2 ], 1488, 1489 [ c? S ]. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 

 ; No. 1496 [ ? ]. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 



Nos. 1506, 1512 [ 6 ], 1549 [ S ]. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 

 No. 1742, 6 pull. Yarkand, May 15, 1874. 

 No. 1784 [ $ ]. Yarkand, May 28, 1874. 



Dr. Stoliczka found the Wheatear very common at Ighiz Yar on the 18th of May, and it 

 was breeding in the Duba Valley early in June. 



173. Saxicola isabellina. 



Saxicola squalida, Eversm. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873). 



Saxicola saltator, Menetr. ; Severtz. t. c. p. 65. 



Saxicola isabellina, Cretzschm. ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 335 ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 147 (1876) ; Scully, 



Str. F. iv. p. 142 (1876) ; Prjev. in Eowley^s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 184 (1877) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



V. p. 399 (1881) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 60 ; Scully, ibid. p. 444 ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 107 ; Severtz. 



Ibis, 1883, p. 68; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 85; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. 



p. 38 (1885) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 82 (1887) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 77 (1890). 



No. 1510. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 

 No. 1587. Sirikul Lake, May 1, 1874. 



Colonel Biddulph procured specimens at Kizil on the 19th of May, and at Posgam on 

 the 29th of the same month. It was only seen in summer in the plains of Turkestan. 



Dr. Scully writes: — ''This species was common in the plains of Eastern Turkestan, at 

 elevations of from 4000 to 6300 feet, from the middle of April to the middle of August ; it was 

 never met with during the winter, nor in the hills at any season. It probably arrives in the 

 country towards the end of March, and leaves certainly not later than October. The bird 



