AYES. 87 



Cat. B. Brit. Mus.v. p. 348 (1881) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 107; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. 

 Ver. Wien, 1888, p. 85 ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 82 (1890) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. 

 p. 84 (1890). 



No. 849, 6 . North of Shahidula, October 21, 1873. 



No. 886, s . Sanju, October 27, 1873. 



No. 918, ? . Sanju, November 1, 1873.— Length 6-6 inches, wing 3'3, tail 2'7, tarsus 0-93. 



Iris brown ; bill and feet black. 

 Nos. 1102, 1110, 1113, 1114, 6 . Yangihissar, December 1, 2, 1873. 

 Nos. 1232, 1251, d . Maralbashi, January 1874. 

 Nos. 1290, 1298, 1346, ad. Kasbghar, February 2-12, 1874. 

 No. 1377, d . Jigda, February 26, 1874. 

 No. 1425. Tarbashi, March 27, 1874. 

 No. 1452. Kanshubar, April 2, 1874. 



Colonel Biddulph writes : — *' I saw this species first in the Karakash Valley below Sha- 

 hidula ; again in small numbers all over the plains of Turkestan during the winter. I also 

 shot one going up to Sarikol, but I do not remember ever seeing it in Wakhan or in Yarkand 

 during the summer." 



181. RUTICILLA HUEIVENTHIS. 



Ruticilla erythroproda (nee Gould) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore 



to Yark. p. 208 (1873). 

 Ruticilla semirufa (nee Ehr.) -, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 77, 

 Ruticilla rufiventris, Y. ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 163 (1876) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 144 (1876) ; Wardlaw 



Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 57; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 61 ; Scully, t. c. p. 445 ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 



V. p. 342 (1881) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 107; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 68; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. 



p. 37 (1885) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 82 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 73 



(1889) ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 95 (1890). 



Nos. 396, 398, 6 juv. Mataian, August 14, 1873. 



No. 411, 6 ad. Mataian, August 15, 1873.— Length G'O inches, wing 3*5, tail 2*35, tarsus 



0-95 ; bill from front 0*45, from gape 0*7. Iris brown; bill black; feet horny black. 

 Nos. 417, 418, ? juv. Mataian, August 15, 1873. 

 No. 422, 6 . Dras, August 16, 1873. 

 No. 528, juv. Snurla, August 24, 1873. 



No. 533, 6 ad. Saspiil, on the Indus, Ladak, August 25, 1873. 

 Nos. 577, 608, S ad. et juv. Leh, August 29, 1873. 

 Nos. 636, 647, S ad. Leh, September 5-7, 1873. 

 Nos. 815, 913, $ ad. et juv. Shahidiila, October 12-22, 1873. 

 No. 1473, 6 ad. Panjah, April 16, 1874.— Length 6-25 inches, wing 3-38, tail 2-7, 



tarsus 0-94 ; expanse 10-2 ; bill from front 0-4, from gape 0*7 ; length of foot 1-2,' 



spread of foot 0-9 ; middle toe 0*7, hind toe 0-5 ; wings reach within 0*9 of end of tail! 



Iris brown ; bill black ; feet black, soles yellowish. 

 Nos. 1507, 1513, 1504, 6 . Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 

 No. 1592, 6 . Aktash, May 5, 1874. 

 Nos. 1658, 6 , 1661, ? . Pasrobat, May 13, 1874. 

 No. 1663, 6 . Chehil Gumbar, May 14, 1874. 



