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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Genus A S I O. 
27. Asio ottjs. _ lbiS) 
Asio otus (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 227 (1875); Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 112 ; A 1 ^ g 0 c. 
1881, p. 45; Scully, ibid. p. 424; id. J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 79 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. L m ' 
(2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 67 (1889). 
Otus vulgaris (Flem.) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 116 (1876) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 127 (18/6). 
AEgiolius otus, Scvcrtz. Turkcst. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873). 
Strix otus, Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 83. 
No. 922. Sanju, November 1, 1873. 
Nos. 1050, 1052. Yarkand, November 24, 1873. 
No. 1126. Kashghar, December 10, 1873. 
Colonel Biddulph also obtained a specimen about 10 miles east of Yarkand on 1 , eV ei 
of November. He says it was never seen in the hills, but was common in the plains ’d 
there was any bush-jungle. Dr. Scully states that the Long-eared Owl was cornu 10 
Kashghar and Yarkand during the winter ; about the beginning of April it migrated, P 
towards the forests of Maralbashi and Aksu, where he was told that it was known 
In Turki it is called ‘ Mashak Yapalak,’ or Cat-Owl. 
Genus CARINE. 
28. Carine bactriana. (Plate III.) 
Athene noctua orienlalis, Scvcrtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873). 
? Carine glaux, Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 110. 
Carine plumipes , Swinh.; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. ii. p. 137 (1875). 
Athene bactriana, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 130 (1876). 
Carine bactriana (Hutton) ; Barnes, Str. F. ix. p. 215 (1880) ; C. Swinh 
100 ; 
SCOW’ 
Ibis, 1882, p 
J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 79 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 67 0» s - 
Athene plumipes meridionalis, Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 155 (1877) ; Menzbier in 
Transcasp. p. 22 (1885). 9 <j.0. 
No. 1209. Kashghar, J anuary 18, 1874.— Length 8*8 inches, wing 6'7, tail 13 ; > 
Iris pure sulphur-yellow; bill greenish yellow ; feet greenish, claws bluish horny 
cere pale greenish white and swollen; nostrils dark green. Closed wing 
within # inch of end of tail. 
No. 1381. Kashghar, March 8, 1874. ^ &a \V 
In Dr. Stoliczka’s diary is a note : — “ Yangishahr. On the 6th of February Ooni 
an Athene carrying grass for its nest in the hole of a bank of a river.” 
Colonel Biddulph procured a male at Kashghar on the 5th of March, 1874. H® ' ^ I 
“ Shot in the wall of the fort. It was common about Yarkand. I saw a small W ’ 
believe to have been this species, between Tashkurgan and the Pamir.” ^yiaS 
Dr. Scully observes : — “ I first got this species at Kashghar in November, two b ir ^ 
been brought to me alive. This little Owl was common near Kashghar and Y ai'kan ^ a pd 
the whole winter and was observed at Sanju in August. It is a permanent 
breeds in the country, living principally in holes in mud-banks and feeding on ?rv ted 
and beetles. I have seen it flying about freely m the daytime, but its habits ar 
to be chiefly nocturnal. The Turki name is ‘ Chaghundak.’ ” 
