THE BIRDS 



OF 



MONGOLIA, THE TANGUT COUNTRY, 



AND THE 



SOLITUDES OF NORTHERN TIBET. 



By Lieut.-Col. N. PRJEVALSKY. 

 (Plate LIV. [1.5 II., HI., iv., v., vi., vii., viii., ix.]) 



[Lieut. -Col. N. Prjevalsky^ of the Russian Staffs jbas published his travels in Mongolia; and his 

 work has been translated and put before the English public by E. Delmar Morgan,, E.E.G.S.^ with 

 an introduction and notes by Col. Henry Yule^ C.B._, in two vols.^ with maps and illustrations 

 (Sampson Low & Co._, 1876). The '^ British Quarterly^ describes the book as honesty thorough, 

 solid, and conveying a large amount of scientific information ; and it appears to us to well merit the 

 praise bestowed upon it. The part relating to the birds has now for the first time been rendered 

 into English by Mr. E. Carl Craemers, by permission of Mr. Morgan ; and we place it before our 

 readers. 



The importance of the labours of the above-named Russian officer may be estimated by the fact 

 that he brought home one thousand birds, three thousand insects, seventy reptiles, eleven fish, and 

 one hundred and thirty skins of larger animals. In his journey he traversed nearly eight thousand 

 miles. We have had his signature before us, and he spells his name as above. — Editor of O. M.] 



Order I. ACCIPITRES. 



1. Gypaetus BARBATUS, L. Jagnatnic Bovodatoy. 



This bird is called "Jolo'' in Mongolia (throughout which it was met 

 with by us, excepting in the country north of Urgey), in Kan-su, Koko-nor, 

 and Northern Tibet. It is a resident in all the wild and rocky mountains, 



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