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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
relates 
Central Asia, and as such will, I think, he useful for future reference. The paper ^ 
to the avifauna of the neighbouring countries of Central Asia have also been c0 “ S * ^atio* 
quoted, but it must he understood that I have only endeavoured to reproduce the in 01 g aC e 
which atfects the zoo-geographical relations of the ornithology of Eastern Turkestan- ^ 
has not been available for the reproduction of all the interesting notes on the ha ^ 
breeding of the species with which the works of Dr. Henderson and Dr. Scully tee0 g ulJ1 e i» 
have I been able to quote at length the valuable critical remarks published by Mr- ^t, 
'Lahore to Yarkand.’ These works must therefore be consulted at all points by tin ^ ^iob 
as also the excellent introduction which Mr. Hume has written in the latter work, 
I feel I can add nothing of importance. 
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I have to acknowledge the assistance I have received in the determination^ ^ jj;l5 
specimens from my colleague Mr. IT. R. Ogilvie Grant; and also from Mr. C. Chub , 
sacrificed much of his time in helping me with the preparation of the synonymy- 
