148 SECOND YAHKAND MISSION. 



Order PYGOPODES. 



Pamily PODICIPITID^E. 



Genus PODICIPES. 



349. PODICIPES MINOE. 



Podiceps minor (Gm.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. 



p. 298 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 203 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia 



ii. p. 304 (1876) ; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 358. 

 Podiceps pMlippensis, Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 101. 

 Podiceps fluviatilis, Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 125. 



Nos. 236, 238. Srinagar, August 1, 1873. 



The following notes occur in Dr. Stoliczka's 'Diary' : — 



" Srinagar, July 26. — Of Fodiceps minor I got the eggs. The bird makes a heap of mud 

 and water-plants ; it is a rather solid structure, and is about four inches above water. The 

 eggs are dirty white and pointed at both ends. 



" Srinagar, July 31. — Fodiceps minor is breeding a second time, and I got some fresh 

 eggs." 



Dr. Henderson obtained several specimens in June in Kashmir. The Little Grebe was 

 observed at Kashghar in November and December by Dr. Scully. The bird was again noticed 

 at Sughuchak in June. The natives assert that the bird breeds near Yarkand, and call it 

 " Chumighak,'" i. e. " the Diver." 



350. PODICIPES CmSTATUS. 



Podiceps cristatus, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 414; Scully, Str. 

 F. iv. p. 203 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 304 (1876) ; Prjev. in Howley^s Orn. Misc. iii. p 108 



(1878). 



Dr. Scully says :— " The Crested Grebe was numerous in the lakes of Sughuchak, about 

 twelve miles west of Yarkand, in summer, where it was breeding. The birds were so difficult 

 to approach, however, that I only managed to shoot two, and one of those I lost in the thick 

 reeds and rushes into which it fell. The bird was never seen in winter." 



