142 SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 



of the Arpalak and Sanju streams. Purther up, in the mountains, it was seen daily along the 

 banks of the Karakash river and on small swamps near that stream. The occurrence of the 

 young bird, noted above, at Gulgun Shah seems to prove that this species breeds in Eastern 

 Turkestan." 



Genus HIM ANTOPUS. 

 332. HlMANTOPUS MELANOPTEEUS. 



Ilypsibates himantopus, Severtz. Tnrkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873). 



Himantopus intermedins, Blyth ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 190 (1876). 



Himantopm candidus, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 286 (1876); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 329; Prjev. in 



Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 89 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 99 ; Scully, ibid. p. 590 ; id. J. A. S. Ben^ 



Ivi. p. 87 (1887). 



Dr. Scully writes : — " The Stilt is a seasonal visitant to the plains of Eastern Turkestan, 

 where it breeds. It arrives in May and probably leaves about the end of September ; it was 

 never seen in winter. Near Tarkand in summer the birds were found in enormous numbers 

 frequenting small salt pools, little lakes, and marshy ground. In June I noticed that when 

 these birds were disturbed they used to hover over one and could therefore be very easily 

 shot. The cry of this bird is a kind of plaintive, but shrill sound, something like crek, crek ; 

 in flying about they were often mixed up with the Terns, Sterna fluviatilis and Sternula 

 minuta. The Turki name for this species is ' KakhsJial ;pachak,' ' Stilt ' (?) leg." 



Genus MACHETES. 



333. Machetes pugnax. 



Philomachus pugnax (L.); Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 287 (1873). 



Machetes pugnax, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 410; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, 



p. 96 ; Scully, t. c. p. 588; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 70 (1885) ; Scully, J. A. S. Bens; Ivi p 87 



(1887). 

 Tringa pugnax, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 284 (1876). 



No. 1524. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 



Dr. Henderson states that this species was very common in the immediate neighbourhood 

 of the city of Yarkand, where they undoubtedly breed. 



Genus TRINGA. 

 334. Tringa subarquata. 



Tringa subarquata (Gm.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 288 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. 

 p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 187 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. 

 p. 284 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowle/s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 90 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 96 : Zarudn. 

 Ois. Transcasp. p. 70 (1885). 



No. 830. Upper Karakash, October 1873 {Colonel Biddulph). 



