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Order FULICARIiE. 



Pamily OTIDIDM. 



Genus OTIS. 

 342. Otis tetrax. 



Otis tetrax, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 326; Scully, Str. F. iv. 

 p. 184 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 287 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 94 ; Scully, ibid. p. 586; 

 C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 119; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 72; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. Q7 (1885); 

 Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 87 (1887). 



No. 1096, $ . Yangihissar, November 30, 1873.— Length 17*5 inches, wing 10*1, tail 4*25, 

 tarsus 5 ; expanse 35*5 ; bill from front 1, from gape 1*5 ; middle toe 1*7. Iris 

 yellow; bill dasky horny above, paler about the middle of culmen, pale at sides 

 and below; feet dusky horny, tarsi pale yellow horny. Wings reach within 1*2 inch 

 of end of tail. 



Dr. Scully writes : — " A single specimen of the Little Bustard was obtained at Kashghar 

 in December. The bird is not at all common near Kashghar or Yarkand ; but on the road 

 from Karghalik to Sanju in August, I heard a good deal about it, and at Koshtak I had the 

 characteristic footprints of this bird pointed out to me on the sand. The Turki name for this 

 species is ' Kum tokhosi^ i. e. ' The Sand Powl.' " 



Pamily RALLID^. 



Genus FULICA. 

 343. Ftjlica atra. 



Fulica atra, L. ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 293 (1873) ; Severtz; Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 

 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 191 (1876); Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 289 

 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. Misc. iii. p. 94 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 97 ; Scully, ibid. p. 590 ; 

 C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 122; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 88 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 (2) Zool. V. pt. 3, p. 90 (1889). 



No. 911. South of Sanju Pass, October 25, 1873. 



Dr. Henderson says that the Coot was not uncommon in the Lakes of Kashmir, where it 

 was breeding in May and June. After the Zoji-la was crossed it was only seen in the 

 Indus near Leh. 



Dr. Scully writes : — " The Coot is exceedingly common in the plains of Kashgharia from 

 March to October ; very few of the birds are to be seen during the winter. It is found on 

 all lakes and jheels ; often near springs and small streams. When alarmed it scuds across 

 the water, seldom flying up, but flapping the surface of the water until it can hide among the 

 rushes ; it is also a wonderfully good diver. This species breeds in Turkestan in May, June, 

 and July. The Turki name is ' Kaslikaldak^ L e, ' Bald brow.' " 



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