132 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



Two Gadwalls were killed by Dr. Henderson on the 31st of October at Ganderbal in 

 Kashmir, and many others were seen at the same time. They were not previously noticed. 



Genus SPATULA. 



302. Spatula clypeata. 



Anas clypeata, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 76. 



Spatula clypeata, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 240; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876) ; Scully, Str. F. iv 

 p. 199 (1876) ; Prjev. in Eowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 105 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 99; Scully^ 

 ibid. p. 592 ; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds of India, iii. p. 142, pi. 19 (1880) ; C. Swinh. Ibis 1882^ 

 p. 124; Zarudn. Gis. Transcasp. p. 72 (1885) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 91 (1889).' 



No. 1171, $ . Kashghar, December 20, 1873. 

 No. 1174, S . Kashghar, December 22, 1873. 

 No. 1448, 6 . Tashkiirghan, March 31, 1874. 

 No. 1530. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 



Dr. Scully writes : — " Two specimens of the Shoveller, a female and a male, were 

 preserved at Kashghar in November and December. According to Yarkandi accounts very 

 few of these birds remain in the country during the winter, the vast majority of them 

 migrating to India. They breed during the summer in the north of Kashgharia, about the 

 neighbourhood of Maralbashi, and are said to collect for a short time near Yarkand, when 

 the cold sets in, previous to their migration southwards. The Turki name for the species is 

 given as ' Kanak mirdah' " 



Genus FULIGULA. 



303. PULIGULA PERINA. 



Fuligula ferina, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 420; Blanf. East. 



Persia, ii. p. 302 (1876). 

 Aythyaferina, Prjev. in Bowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 106 (1878). 



No. 1442, 2 . Tashkurghan, March 31, 1874. 



Genus NYROCA. 



304. Nyroca peeeuginea. 



Fuligula leucophthalma, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873). 



Nyroca ferruginea, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 421. 



Fuligula nyroca, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 302 (1876) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593; Severtz, Ibis, 1883, 



p. 77; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 358; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi, p. 89 (1887). 

 Aythya nyroca (Giild.) ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 297 (1873) ; Scully Str. F iv p 202 



(1876). 



Dr. Scully says :—" This species is very common during the summer near Yarkand, 

 where it arrives about March, migrating again southwards at the beginning of winter. It 

 breeds in Eastern Turkestan, laying in May or June, and is often seen flying about in pairs. 

 The Turki name for this Duck is ' CUM {or ChiJcit) Jcanat aurdak; the word ' CMkit ' having 

 some reference to the white speculum edged with black." 



Observed by Dr. Henderson in Kashmir (on the lakes in which it breeds) both on the 

 upward and downward journey. 



