128 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Genus ANSER. 



291. Anseh albifeons. 



Anser albifrons, Bechst. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 418; Blanf. 

 East. Persia, ii. p. 303 (1876) ; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 73. ' 



Nos. 1319, 1320. Kashghar, February 1874. " Sent by the King." 



292. Anseh cineheus. 



Anser cinereus, Meyer; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 418; Scully, Str. 

 F. iv. p. 197 (1876) ; Prjev. in Bowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 95 (1878) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp p 72 

 (1885). 



Colonel Biddulph writes to us : — " There was a large swamp outside Tarkand, in which, 

 when we arrived in November, there were huge flocks of this species ; but I never saw it 

 anywhere else, and they were not about Kashghar anywhere during the winter." 



Dr. Scully has published the following note: — ''The Grey Lag Goose is a seasonal 

 visitant to Kashgharia, where it breeds. The first specimen of this species which I got was 

 shot near Yarkand on the 28th February ; in the early part of March they w^ere often seen 

 flying over the Fort at Yarkand and going straight north. The bird is said to breed plenti- 

 fully near Maralbashi, but not in the immediate vicinity of Yarkand ; young birds were 

 captured about the beginning of June. Two eggs of Anser cinereus (laid by a captive bird 

 with cut wings) were obtained on the 1st and 12th of June. They are spotless white, with 

 an ivory tinge ; glossless or faintly glossy in parts, and of a compact texture. In shape they 

 are moderately long ovals, broadest about the centre, and measure 3*37 by 2*33 and 3-21 

 by 2-21. It was curious to observe how readily birds of this species got tame ; even old birds, 

 who had only had their wings broken by a bullet, soon became quite friendly and familiar. 

 The Turks call this Goose by the Persian name ' Ghaz' " 



293. Anseh indicus. 



Anser indicus (Latb.) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 419; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 97 (1878); 



Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 99; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds Ind. iii. p. 81 (1880) ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, 



p. 7Q, 

 Anser skorniaJcovi, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 70, 149 (1873). 



No. 1594. Aktash, May 5, 1874. 



Colonel Biddulph says :—''! saw this on the small Pamir Lakes on our way back in 

 May, and also all along the Aktash stream in the same month, but cannot remember 

 observing them anywhere else on the journey?' 



Subfamily ANATIN^. 



Genus TAD ORN A. 



294. Tadoena casarca. 



Casarca rutila (Pall.) ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 296 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 303 

 (1876) ; Scully, Str. P. iv. p. 198 (1876) ; Prjev. in Bowley^s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 100 (1878); Hume 



