SCIENTIFIC RESULTS 
OP 
THE SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
J 
AYES. 
By R. BOWDLER SHARPE, E.L.S., E.Z.S., &c., 
ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM. 
^ ls Rauch to l 
del ° ri Hthol 0 o- . 1 6 re § Te tted that by a series of untoward circumstances this report on the 
(] o 'T Ve d. T]j e c °nections formed by the late Dr. Eerdinand Stoliczka has been so long 
(Jq ' '■ Tile Xv .1 iuuv jvi. iwumauu to i/uiiuz,ii.a utiis ueeu. su 
a Ry Rim, hut 1 ! W0l Hd ha ^e been done by my friend Mr. Allan Hume, and indeed 
to ff, ( '{}](. ( Ul '' n ^ ^ ie rebuilding of a portion of bis museum at Simla the who 
Sei >am 
was 
rebuilding of a portion of bis museum at Simla the whole of 
v ith other valuable MSS. work of Air. Hume’s, was stolen by a dishonest 
and sold * utner valuable 1VISS. work ot Air. Hume s, was stolen by a dishonest 
of j, Ragland \ W) Was ^ e *P a P er Ri I R° bazaar. I therefore brought the collection over with 
Wof] v - the re st of the Hume Collection, and but for an unwonted pressure of 
TRted tbio 1C 1 ^ as Tallen to my lot ever since my return from India, I should have 
% this L T rt ] °ng ago. 
n . u y tRis dela ga ? 0, . 
ski Ul a Tist D r c. Y a S rea t injustice has been unavoidably done to the memory of that sterling 
i>av' S arn Pie. Tr° | CZ,Ca ’ T° r the material which he collected was abundant and the series of 
' H ' eri one of« ^ ^ Ve< * t0 wr H e U P bis own notes, it is certain that this report would 
0 *;«y best to c u 111 ° St Rtteresting ever published on the birds of Central Asia, but I have 
j) 0 ' l( R°gists. j f laC ^ ^' 0m diai- y & H the notes which appear to me to be of interest to 
a fter the ] ®° Ue further iu m J endeavour to make the present report as useful as 
iWbR 60 * 68 that w " |,Se °f years which has ensued, and I have included in the list of birds all 
Us S ! sll . ,!d by thosf Ul °^ dl Ried by Dr. Henderson and Dr. Scully and recorded in the notes 
th e j,°^ Cz Ra, g ave 6 8 en tlemen. Colonel Biddulpli, who was attached to the same expedition 
M 0l .j "hich ove & ,. C1 ^ es <d ' n °tes in A1SS. to Mr. Hume, and these, having luckily escaped 
’ tRer e f 0re ■ J " le Rued the rest of the MSS., have been incorporated here. The present 
Uu attempt to monograph the labours of the English Expeditions into 
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