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only brought back two specimens of this Wren, but found it by no means rare in the Tian-shan 

 range. He states that it is not unfrequently seen on the Kunge and Zanma Rivers. The 

 specimens he obtained were shot at Balgantai-gol and Ssairain-nor, and it is probable that this 

 was the species observed in the frontier mountains of Western Dzungaria. 



So far as I can ascertain no particulars respecting the habits and nidification of the Pallid 

 Wren have hitherto been published, but it probably does not differ much, if at all, from its 

 congener Troglodytes parvulus. 



As the differences between our common European Wren and the present species are only in 

 colour and are easily described, the latter being merely a pale desert form of the former, I have 

 not deemed it necessary to figure it. 



The specimen above described is in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, ad. d . Ckotun-tam, Chami district, February 3rd, 1890 (Grum-Grzimailo). b, £ ad. Tschimkeut, 

 Turkestan (Dode). 



E Mus. Brit. 



a. Turkestan (Gould coll.). b, $ . Tschimkent, October 19th, 1864 (Severtzoff). c. Kashgar, February 11th, 

 1874; d, <?. Yarkand, November 11th, 1873; e, ?. Boria, November 4th, 1873 (Stoliczka). f, <f . 

 Yarkand, November 17th (Col. J. Biddulph). 



