AVES. 143 



Dr. Henderson says that this species was common in the marshes in the immediate 

 neighbourhood of Yarkand. Dr. Scully shot two specimens in October, in marshy ground, 

 west of Yarkand, where it was common. It is said by him to breed in Eastern Turkestan, 

 migrating in winter towards India. Called by natives of Khokand, " Kugnahr 



335. Tringa alpina. 



Tringa cinclus, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 187 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 283 (1876). 



Tringa alpina, L. ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411 ; Seeboliin, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 425 (1888). 



Tringa variabilis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873). 



Dr. Scully says : — " This species was obtained at Kashghar, where it was not very 

 common, in October. It is said to breed in Eastern Turkestan and to disappear entirely in 

 winter, migrating, it is believed, to India." 



336. Tringa temminckii. 



Tri7iga temminckii (Leisl.) ; Hnme & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 289 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. 

 p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411 ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 90 (1878) ; Bidd. 

 Ibis, 1881, p. 96; Scully, t. c. p. 589 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 70 (1885). 



No. 633, s . Leb, September 5, 1873.— Bill greenisb at base, blackisb towards the tip ; 



feet greenish, dusky on the toes. Length 5-75 inches, wing 4*0, tail 1*8, tarsus 0-75. 

 Nos. 645, 654. Leh, September 7-9, 1873. 

 No. 764. Lukung, September 20, 1873. 

 No. 862. Gidjik, October 24, 1873. 

 Nos. 1705, 1712, 1714. Yarkand, May 22, 1874. 



Dr. Stoliczka mentions in his ' Diary ' that he found " a little Tringa," which should be the 

 above species, breeding in a jheel near Yarkand on the 22nd of May. The only eo^o-s, how- 

 ever, which I could find in the collection appear to be those of ^gialitis dubia. Colonel 

 Biddulph shot a specimen at Leh (11,000 feet) on the 7th of September. 



337. Tringa minuta. 



Tringa minuta, Leisl.; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 410; Blanf. East. 

 Persia, ii. p. 284 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 96 ; Scully, t. c. p. 588 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. 

 p. 70 (1885). 



Nos. 1033, 1079, 1080. Yarkand, November 21-28, 1873. 



Genus SCOLOPAX. 

 338. SCOLOPAX RUSTICULA. 



Scolopax rusticola, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 282 (1876) ; 



Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 330. 

 Scolopax rusticula, Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 95 ; Scully, t. c. p. 588; id. J. A. S. Bang. Ivi. p. 87 (1887). 



No. 1000. Yarkand, November 11, 1873. 



