90 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Nos. 572, 573. Leh, August 29, 1873. 



No. 602. Leh, August 31, 1873. 



No. 762. Leh, September 10, 1873. 



No. 938. Sanju, October 31, 1873. 



No. 1472. Panjah, April 16, 1874. — Length 5*8 inches, wing 2*75, tarsus 1*16; expanse 

 8*7; bill from front 0*4, from gape 0*7; length of foot 1*4, spread of foot 1. Iris 

 brown ; bill horny black ; feet dark brown, tarsi a little paler, soles yellow ; middle toe 

 0*73, hind toe 0*58 ; wings reach within 1*3 of end of tail. 



Nos. 1805, 1811, 1812. Karghalik, May 29, 1874. 



No. 1838. N. of Kugiar, June 1, 1874. 



Dr. Stoliczka states in his ' Diary ' that this species was very common along the road near 

 Karghalik on the 29th of May, and he saw a pair carrying grass for their nest. Colonel 

 Biddulph says that it was seen in great numbers in September, from Leh to the Pangono* 

 Lake, and on the return journey it was plentiful in June and July in the Indus and 

 Nubra valleys. Dr. Henderson obtained it on the " Khush Maidan or Happy Plain " (so- 

 called on the lucus a non lucendo principle, it being one of the most miserable deserts in 

 creation) at an elevation of 16,000 feet ; at Shahidiila at about 11,000 feet ; and at Sanju, 

 about 6000 feet, where, by the way, one quite young bird was obtained, proving that the 

 species breeds in Yarkand. Dr. Scully observes : — " This species is a seasonal visitant 

 to the plains of Eastern Turkestan, arriving about the end of March, and leaving in 

 September." He gives an interesting note on the habits and breeding of the species near 

 Yarkand in May. TheTurki name for the Bluethroat is " Chaghchi," an appellation given to 

 it because it is said to make a sound resembling the noise of the spinning-wheels used by the 

 women of Yarkand. 



185. Cyanectjla wolfi. 



Lusciola suecica, ^. orientalis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873). 



Cyanecula wolfi, Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 342; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 100 (1890). 

 Cyanecula leucocyanea, Brehm ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 65 ; Scully, t. c. p. 417 ; Bidd. Ibis, 1882, p. 278. 

 Erithacus cyaneculus (Wolf) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 311 (1881). 



- No. 473. Shargol, August 20, 1873. 



Colonel Biddulph sends a note : — '' On our return journey we found numbers in the 

 Nobra valley in June, where they were more plentiful than C. ccBTulecula, which was 

 also present. In the Indus valley both species were noticed, but C. ccerulecula was the more 

 numerous." 



Genus CALLIOPE. 



186. Calliope pectoralis. 



Calliope bailloni, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 65, 122 (1873) j id. Str. F. iii. p. 429 (1875). 



Calliope pector alls, Gould; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 78; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 64; Scully, t. c. p. 447; 



Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. Q7 ; Gates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 103 (1890). 

 Erythacus pectoralis (Gould) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 306 (1881). 



