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ORNITHOLOGY. 
but "Was not obtained either in Larlak or Yarkand. How- 
ever, on the return journey a specimen was procured near 
the Suket Pass, at a height of 17,000 feet, which is there 
just below the level of perpetual snow ; although the bird 
was overlooked in Yarkand, it seems probable that this in- 
dividual was on its way back from that country (or possibly 
some more northern region) to the plains of India. [G. H.'\ 
894. Totamis glottis (Linn.). 
A single Green shanks was obtained on the 1st of 
September close to the city of Yarkand itself. The 
dimensions in the flesh of the Yarkand bird were, length, 
12 5 ; tail from vent 3*5 ; expanse 23*5 ; wings when closed 
reached to end of tail. The bill was black, and the legs 
and feet greenish. 
A Yarkand Pathan called this species " Taturee,'''' but 
this is the Indian name for Lapwings, and beyond all 
question belongs originally to this latter family, the cry of 
the commonest Indian species of which it closely repre- 
sents. [G. H.^ 
I cannot find sufficient grounds for separating this single 
bird from the common Greenshanks, and yet I cannot feel 
quite satisfied that it is not distinct ; it was a male, and is 
a smaller and altogether darker, and more mottled plumaged 
individual than I have hitherto seen of T. glottis, even in 
its summer dress. If other similar specimens occur, it 
might perhaps be necessary to separate them specifically. 
[A. 0. H.] 
901. Hydrophasianus sinensis. 
This species was only met with in Kashmir. It was 
very abundant near Banihal. [G. i/.] 
Does any other bird lay eggs like those of this species ? 
Veritable pegtops without the pegs ! — cones slightly obtuse 
at the point, based upon flattened hemispheroids. In texture 
the shell is compact and hard, and especially when fresh 
has a fine gloss. The colour varies much — when quite 
fresh they are of a perfectly uniform rich, deep bronze 
colour, sometimes greener, sometimes more rufous ; but as 
incubation proceeds, they very commonly, though not 
