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Gokra, at an elevation of betAveen 15,000 and 16,000 feet. Later, in October, they were 

 seen on the Indus, near Leh, and at Kargil, also in Ladak. Probably this species does not 

 breed so far south as Yarkand, and the birds seen on the return journey were doubtless 

 migrating to their winter- quarters in Hindostan." 



Dr. Scully's note is as follows : — '' The Common Teal was only obtained at Kashghar in 

 November, at Sughuchak near Yarkand, by Mr. Shaw, in January, and at Beshkant in the 

 beginning of Eebruary. I was told that it migrated northwards to breed. The Turki name 

 given for this species was 'Ala bash kurak aurdak,' which means the ' Mottle-headed Patch- 

 work Duck.' " 



299. QUERQUEBULA CIRCIA. 



Anas querquedula, Severtz. Tarkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873). 



Querquedula circia, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 419; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. 



p. 201 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 103 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 100 ; C. Swinh. 



Ibis, 1882, p. 125 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 7Q ; Menzb. Ibis, 1885, p. 358. 

 Anas circia, Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593. 



No. 652, 2 . Leh, September 9, 1873. 

 No. 794, 2 . Pamsal, September 23, 1873. 

 No. 1526, d . Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 



Colonel Biddulph shot a male in breeding-plumage on the 8th of May, 1874, and he 

 says that this was the only occasion on which he observed the species. Dr. Scully states 

 that this Teal was common near Yarkand, in summer, where it doubtless breeds. The Turki 

 name given to it is '^ Karak aurdak,'' or '' Patchwork Duck." 



Genus D A P I L A. 



300. Dafila acuta. 



Anas acuta, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593. 



Dafila acuta (L.) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 200 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876) ; Dresser, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 420 ', Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 101 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 100. 



Dr. Scully's note is as follows : — " The Pintail Duck was occasionally seen near Yarkand 

 in March, but only one specimen (a female) was obtained. Two experienced Yarkandi bird- 

 catchers gave me the following information about this species : — The male bird is ' ala' i. e. 

 pied, black and w^liite ; it is a seasonal visitant only to Eastern Turkestan, arriving in spring, 

 and migrating to Hindostan at the beginning of winter, and it breeds in the neighbourhood 

 of Maralbashi, laying from ten to twelve eggs. It is called in Turki ' Oha suglisu aurdakj' " 



Genus CH AULE L ASM US. 



301. Chaulelasmus streperus. 



Chaulelasmus streperus (L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 296 (1873) ; Dressei, Ibis, 1876, 

 p. 419; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 105 (1878) ; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds of India, iii. 

 p. 181, pi. 24 (1880) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 91 (1889). 



Anas strepera, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876) ; C. Swinh. 

 Ibis, 1882, p. 124; Menzb. Ibis, 1885, p. 357; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 88 (1887V 



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