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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Genus CERCHNEIS. 
22. Cerchneis tinnunculus. 63 
Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. 15. Brit. Mus. i. p. 425 (1874) ; Severtz. Turkest. J 
(1873) ; Bidd. Ihis, 1881, p. 40; Scully, ibid. p. 418; Radde, Ornis, iii. p. 468 (1 88 L ' ^ E» st ‘ 
Tinnunculus alaudarius, Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 108; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 120 (1876); ® r\0>)> 
Persia, ii. p. 105 (1876) ; C. Swinli. Ibis, 1882, p. 99 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. P- i 
Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 79 (1887). ^ rp a ucr& 
Falco tinnunculus, Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 47 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 54 ; Homey er 
MT. orn. Yer. Wieu, 1883, p. 82. 
No. 395. Leh, August 30, 1873. [Young female.] 
No. 801. Kiziljilga, Karakash Valley, October 3, 1873. [Young male.] 
No. 972. Karghalik, November 6, 1873. [Male moulting into adult plumage.] 
No. 985. Yarkand, November 9, 1873. [Adult male.] 
No. 986. Yarkand, November 9, 1873. [Young female in moult.] -i 
No. 1123. Yapchan, December 3, 1873. “ Kukunak Kushkunak.” [Adult ma e -J 
No. 1310. Kasligbar, Eebruary 5, 1871. [Adult female.] 
No. 1758. Yarkand, May 20, 1871. [Adult female.] jj e sta teS 
Colonel Biddulph procured specimens at Kasligbar and Maralbasbi in January- ^ gaiij u ’ 
that it tvas very common in tbe plains country of Turkestan and in the low hills u 
he did not notice it on the Pamir, but procured it again down in Wakhan. obtai^ 
Dr. Henderson states that the Kestrel was very common in Yarkand, and he a s° 
it at Kargil, in Ladak, in June. ^ , P lb 
According to Dr. Scully the Kestrel is a permanent resident in Eastern Turkes < 
common throughout the plains during the whole year, and observed in the hills of ® aI1 ak* 
also, up to an elevation of about 12,000 feet. The Turki name for the Kestrel is 
Dr. Severtzow says that the Kestrel is often seen in summer on the Pamir an 
Suborder PAN DIONES. 
Genus PANDION. 
23. PANDION HALIAETUS. 
Pandion fluviatilis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873) 
Pandion haliaetus (L 
/■ -, 02 ; v cl 
uun , Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 449 (1874) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, 
East. Persia, ii. p. 114 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 146 (1877) ; Scu y> ^ ^o)- 
p. 420; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 82; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. P- 
No. 182. Srinagar, July 27, 1873 
Suborder S T R I G E S. 
Earn. BUBONIDvE. 
Genus SCOPS. 
21. Scops brucii. (Plate II.) ., 
Ephialtes brucii, Hume, Str. E. i. p. 8 (1873). , gcuHf’ 1 
Scops brucii (Hume) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 62 (1875) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p- ’ 
p. 426. 1 J 
No.800. Karatagh Lake, October 10, 1873. — Length 7‘6 inches, wing 6 - 25, tail J5 ppl ^ 
expanse 21'5 ; bill from front 0 - 63, from gape 0 - 75. Iris sulphur-ye 0 0 p ^ 
feet greenish horny. Temperature at night 25° below zero. Caught at 11 o 
ground near my tent. 
