140 SECOND TARKAND MISSION. 



Genus TOTANUS. 



326. TOTANUS CANESCENS. 



Tutanus glottis, Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 290 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) • 



Prjev. in Eowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 88 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 97 ; Scully, t. c. p. 589. 

 Totanus canescens, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 189 (1876) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411. 



No. 604. Leh, August 31, 1873. 



No. 740. East of Tanksi, September 18, 1873. 



Dr. Henderson obtained a specimen on the 1st of September close to the city of Yarkand 

 itself. 



Dr. Scully observes : — '^ The Yarkandi bird-catchers give the following account of this 

 species : It is always found either near running water or near pools and swamps ; it disappears 

 entirely in winter, but breeds in Eastern Turkestan in summer ; the nest is placed in short 

 grass in the midst of water and the eggs are nearly as large as a pigeon's. The Turki name 

 for the Greenshanks is ' Mashak yamghurchi,' which may be rendered in French by ' Chat 

 pluvier.' " 



327. Totanus calidris. 



Totanus calidris, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis^ 1876, p. 412; Scully, Str. F. iv. 

 p. 189 (1876); Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 285 (1876) ; Prjev. in Howley^s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 88 (1878) ; 

 Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 97 ; Scully, ibid. p. 589. 



No. 1017. Yarkand, November 13, 1873. 



No. 1025. Yarkand, November 14, 1873. 



No. 1049. Yarkand, November 23, 1873. 



No. 1809. Karghalik, May 29, 1874. 



No. 1813. Karghalik, May 29, 1874.— With the eggs. 



Dr. Scully gives the following note : — " The first specimen of the Redshank was obtained 

 at Kashghar in November, where it was tolerably common. After that it was not met with 

 until March ; and in May and June this species swarmed everywhere near water in the vicinity 

 of Yarkand. The bird was also found in the valley of the Karakash towards the end of 

 August." 



Dr. Stoliczka found it breeding near Yarkand on the 22nd of May, and on the 29th of 

 May, writing from Karghalik, notes in his ' Diary ' :— '^ I also found the nest of Totanus calidris, 

 a very loose structure of old grass or dry reeds, in water about a foot deep; nest with seven 

 eggs. Young fully developed and would have been hatched in a couple of davs." 



328. Totanus puscus. 



Totanus fuscus (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873); Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 285 (1876); 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411 ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 88 (1878). 



No. 1600. Sarikol, May 9, 1874. 



A specimen putting on the full black plumage, but still with considerable remains of 

 winter plumage. 



