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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
17. Ealco babylonictjs. 
Falco tscherniaievi, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 63, 114 (1873). 
Falco barbarus, Scully, Str. 1. iv. p. 118 (1876). _ Sharp 6 ' 
Falco babylonicus, Gurney; Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 79 (1869) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p- 10 ' 
Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 388 (1874) ; Scully, Str. E. iv. p. 118 (1876). n 
East®*” 
Dr. Scully supposed that he got both species of Red-headed Peregrine m ^gg7, 
Turkestan, hut his specimens are all referable to F. babylonicus (of. Gurney, ^ )l3 ’ 
p. 158). 
18. Ealco subbttteo. 
Falco subbuteo, L.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 395 (1874) j Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. P- gcU lly, 
Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 108; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 105 (1876); Bicld. Ibis, 1881, P- ' ^$1)- 
ibid. p. 417 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 82 ; Radde, Ornis, iii. P _ p. iff 
Hypotriorchis subbuteo, Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 174 (1873); Scully, Str. ‘ g5 p 
(1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 150 (1877) ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p- 
No. 882. Kiwaz, October 26, 1873. [A young bird.] 
No. 1748. Yarkand, May 21, 1874. [Adult bird.] _ ^ 
Dr. Henderson found the Hobby not at all uncommon about Yangi Bazar, eig ^ gter p 
from Yarkand ; and Dr. Scully says that it is a “ seasonal visitant to the plains o ' ^ 
Turkestan, where it breeds. It arrives in the neighbourhood of Yarkand in May, tb e 
any considerable numbers, and migrates, it is supposed towards India, m Oetobei, \#s 
trees begin to lose their leaves. On our return journey to India in August this sp^ a ftcJ 
observed on five different occasions at our various halting-stages, but was no s , )f 
leaving Sanju on the 14th of August. The Turki name for the Hobby is c Jaghalban 
19. Ealco kegxjliis. 
1 0 ° 
Falco reyulus, Pall.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 406 (1874). y. p . 
Falco tp.salon, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 107 ; Blanf. East. YeXS l blS ’ 
(1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 39 ; Scully, ibid. p. 417; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 99; 
1883, p. 54 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 82. 
Lithofalco ctsalon, Scully, Str. E. iv. p. 120 (1876). 
Hypotriorchis cesa/on, Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. i. p. 151 (1877). g 
The Merlin was not procured by Dr. Stoliczka himself, hut Colonel Biddulpb 0 P e 
he shot one about 16 miles to the east of Yarkand in November; this was tlie ^ er ii a lS 
seen north of the Karakorum. Dr. Scully writes: — “The Turki name for t G yisit® 
« Turumtai,’ and it is said to live and breed in the hills of Eastern Turkestan. < jpjjflfS 
plains about Kashghar and Yarkand, in small numbers only, in winter — princxp a 
the months of November and December, I think.” ^ ‘‘ > . 
Dr. Sevcrtzow gives the following note on the species in the Pamir ran ° Il0r tb 
Merlin was seen at the end of July in the Bash-Alai. It probably breeds in 
range. I found it breeding in the mountains near Vernoe in June 1879, and 0 , oll gli * 6 
my collection a pair, male and female, with three nestlings, which all died soon, tb e g 
on freshly-shot small birds only, which they ate greedily, and which was the fooc^ 
by their parents. They were taken too young, being only just out of the e »a a pli 0 a ? 
(43 3 N.) and Eerghana (39° 45' N.), on the north Alai range, are unusually southei , 
