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broad regular transverse bars of dull rufous ; clieeks dull 
rufescent white ; ear-coverts mingled rufous and dark brown . 
A rather long, very narrow, dark brown cheek stripe, from 
the gape, running down either side of the throat: chin, throat, 
breast, abdomen, vent, and lower tail- coverts white, faintly- 
tinged with rufous cream colour on the breast and abdomen, 
with dark brown points to a few of the feathers of the sides 
of the breast, and with a few brown drop-like spots on the 
abdomen and lower tail-coverts. Sides and flanks rufescent 
white, with broad dark brown transverse bars. Primaries, 
brown on the outer webs and at the tips ; the first quill 
narrowly margined on its outer web with bright rufous, 
and the rest with imperfect bars of the same colour on 
their basal halves. The inner webs above the tips are 
white, becoming rufescent towards the shafts, from which 
numerous imperfect tooth-like brown bars project over 
somewhat less than half the breadth of the web. The 
first quill is strongly notched on its inner web about 
2J inches from the tip ; the second and third are similarly 
but much less perceptibly notched. The second quill is 
perceptibly emarginate on the outer web. \_A. O. H.^ 
13. Hypotriorchis subbuteo (Linn.). 
The Hobby was not at all uncommon about Yangi Bazar, 
eight miles from Yarkand ; it was always seen hunting 
over long grass or fields. Two quite young birds were 
obtained about ten miles from Yarkand, and had probably 
been hatched and reared in the immediate neighbourhood. 
[G.i/.] 
Curiously enough it was never noticed by the expedition 
in any other locality. I believe the fact to be that this 
species breeds beyond the Himalayas, and only visits these 
in the autumn and winter, descending occasionally during 
the latter season to the plains. \_A. O. HJ] 
17. Tinnunculus alaudarius (Gray). 
The Kestrel was very common in Yarkand, and specimens 
were obtained in June at Kargil, in Ladak. The Tartar 
name for the Kestrel is Turumtoi, very similar to the 
