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Iris b feass * e kk e ’ March 23, 1874. — Length 22-5 inches, wing 18 - 25, tail IPO, tarsus 2-3. 
K°. 17l , ) )10 ^ IJ ; bill black; cere pale yellowish; feet pale leaden white. [An immature bird.] 
N° 15 . ' an gihissar, April 4, 1874. [An immature bird in moult.] 
j ' • p anjah, April 26, 1874. [An adult bird.] 
^b'. PAes collected by Dr. Stoliczka to belong to the large race which 
fr °Jii tbo p ° a . eC ^ ma J or - They are certainly not M. korschun, which Severtzow records 
Q 0 j on arQlr au( l from Turkestan. 
bley a tio n 'll b>iddulph writes : — “ Obtained at Kiziljilga, on the Karakash, in October. 
a Ppearav lr ° V< f' ^6)500 feet. In the summer, just as we were leaving Kasbghar, I noticed the 
oe ot a few Kites.” 
Ur-Sculij 
Y er C it ^r as f I J ~r — 
^ ar band ■ C ° ei ' ahi y common, especially in the plains. It was first noticed by him near 
m A P r b, and the last 
ere it im, I AAes bbat this was the only species of Kite observed in Eastern Turkestan, 
r ban 
( ‘M 0 f ^P ri b an d the last specimen seen in the country was near Shahidula about the 
bill'd Kit b USt ' ^ breeds in Kasligharia, and “ is called ‘ Acliali Koyruk Sa ’ ( £ the Eork 
^ ** 5 OCC&SlOllflllv ^ "IVTl7Cm fto 5 (t flan *Rnl ormo TTifo 5 -in ollncnrm fn mnnnPT 1 ir 
occasionally £ Mizan Sa ’ ( £ the Balance Kite,’ in allusion to the manner in 
15. 
•j -^^uoiujiciii y 
Poises while soaring) 
El ^is AVlVORUs. 
Genus PERNIS. 
ernig 
D J nvorus ^0 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p.344; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 63,112; 
N o-84o J; Ibis ' 18re ’ p - m 
rj^ ' ‘^bahulula, October 20, 1873. 
b'e Europe^ 1 ' 6 a ^ sence °1 a crest induces me to believe that the present specimen belongs to 
* 0l ‘ eertai n an an( ^ n °l 1° Ibe Indian form. It is, however, so young that it is difficult to tell 
’ as As only measures 13-5 inches. 
Genus PALCO. 
16. p 
^ C0 Co ^mtjnis. 
f'ako C p^ tWnis ’ Gra - ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 376 (1874). 
p_ ® ever t z - Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 107 ; Scully, 
S ev (1^76); Wardlaw Bamsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 47; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 39; Scully, ibi 
Ko, gog 2 1883, p. 54 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 82. 
I) r g October 29, 1873. [A young male.] 
<ll( ' Q ceasi 0n , °^^ a b ie( l a specimen at Yarkand in March, and states that a few stragglers 
' * " ~ Seeu n car the city of Yarkand during the winter. He gives the following 
Str. F. iv. 
ibid. p. 416; 
rpj le near rue cit 
P bst eril ,,, arp andi falconers say that this bird is commonly found near the hills north 
^ ail y breed ^ es * an I 11 the neighbourhood of Ushturfan, Aksu, and Ili (Kuldja); and that 
in tl le vv jj^ Ur ^‘H'albaslii, the nest being usually placed among reeds ! They also add 
a e b i s t a te the Peregrine always preys on Ducks, Teal, and various Waders. The 
is 
of 
0*9 » it 
c ° n sidered \ ° ■> > »■ » 
bry • jf • US( b° ss for sport, but the female is held in great esteem for the purposes 
tli S Gained to strike Herons, Geese, Ducks, and Bitterns. The name given to 
im plyi Q o. . , UrPe stan is ‘Baliri,’ an Arabic word meaning £ of the river’ or £ of the sea,’ 
dj bi‘. S ev Ibe Peregrine is a water-haunting species.” 
lec bou i u g e ' z ° w sa Js that the species migrates through the Alai and Pamir in a southerly 
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