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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Genus HALIAETUS, 
12. HALIAETUS LEUCORYPHUS 
II A I i I A lb L U O iiCi UGGIi-LP XJ T 
Haliaetus leucoryphus (Pall.)j Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873); Hume & Hendeis. a c 
1875, P- 
S cully/ Str. F. iv. p.'l24 (1876); Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 112 (1876) ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, P' 
Yark. p. 175 (1873) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 308 (1874) ; Dresser, Ibis, 
to 
99 > 
53 5 
Homeycr & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 82 ; Menzbier, Orn. Turkest. p. 41 (^^Iggg), 
Haliaetus macei, Prjcv. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 148 (1877) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. P- / ^ 
No. 253. Srinagar, August 3, 1873. — Length 32 inches, wing 25, tail 12’25, ^ al -Je 
Iris light brown ; bill blackish towards tip ; feet waxy white ; cere and g a l :)G 
bluish. 
Colonel Biddulph procured a specimen at Baramula. 
Dr. Henderson states that several specimens of this 
ech 
Eagle were noticed ke 
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Dr. Scully says “ This bird is well known in Kashgharia, where it iscallec ^ ^ . 
Yarkand and Karghalik. 
ab- 
I noticed it on several occasions a few miles from the city of Yarkand, in June ' w» s 
and in August at Igarchi, and at Tungtash, about seven miles east of Karghalu- ^ » 
always seen in the neighbourhood of water, usually sitting motionless on the & QJ1 1 b 0 
stream or on some mud-cliff near marshy ground. On one occasion I saw it fee< tb [lt 
carcass of a dead horse, about five miles south of Yarkand. The Yarkandi shikaris ^ 
the * Giyah ’ feeds principally on fish and carrion, but that it sometimes strikes 
in 
Hares.” . 
“ Pallas’s Sea-Eagle,” writes Dr. Severtzow, “ is often seen near the Panin ^ efel -y 
August, also near Kara-Kul, Ran-Kul, and Jesehil-Ixul. Tlie old birds do not In ]a,rg e 
year, but only every second year, in the same manner as Gypcietus barbatus a ” ,,,-urratory 
Vultures. In the year in which they do not breed they moult in J une, and lead a ° 
life until winter, during which period many are seen on the Pamir.” 
Genus POLIOAETUS. 
13. P OLIO AETU S PLUMBERS. 
Polioaetus plumbeus, Hodgs. J. A. S. Beng. vi. p. 367 (1837). 
A specimen of this Sea-Eagle was shot at Baramula by Colonel Biddulph. 
Genus MILVUS. 
14. Milvus melanotis. O „ o -P V n. 12 6 
Milvus melanotis, T. & S. ; Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 324 (1874) ; Scully, Str. F. i -1 rp r aii sC ‘ 
id. Ibis, 1881, p. 422; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 152 (1877) ; Zarudn. lS - 
p. 25 (1855); Menzbier, Orn. Turkest. p. 131 (1889). ^ggl, P - 
Milvus govinda (nec Sykes), Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 176 (1873) ; Bidd. 1 > 
Ilomeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 82. 
No. 179. Srinagar, July 26, 1873 [Biddulph). [Young bird.] 
No. 178. Srinagar, July 26, 1873. [Young bird.] 
No. 233. Srinagar, July 31, 1873. [An immature bird.] 
No. 254. Srinagar, August 3, 1873. “ Ghands.” [Young bird.] g 
No. 255. Srinagar, August 3, 1873. [An immature bird.] i0'5j i 
No. 244, 6 ■ Srinagar, August 2, 1873. — Length 22'5 inches, wing 185, tax ^ 
2‘25 ; expanse 59 - 5. Iris pale chocolate-brown; bill black, cere entiie) 
pale bluish white, with no trace of yellow. [An immature bird.] 
No. 839. Leh, September 6, 1873 (Dr. Bellew). [Young bird.] 
