AYES. 
15 
Order PASSERIFORMES. 
Suborder PASSERES. 
Family COR VIM. 
29. q r Genus TRYPANOCORAX, Sundev. 
Co PA> ' 0C0RA - x BBUGILEGTTS. 
Ibl B ' nn ‘ Syst. Nat. i. p. 156 (1766); Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873); Dresser, 
p. 237; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 157 (1876) ; Blauford, East. Persia, ii. p. 263 (1876); 
Ko 
Pidd * ’ acu11 ^ p ■ 
jj 0m 1 p b. Ibis, 1881, p. 77, 1882, p. 284; Scully, ibid. p. 571; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. Ill ; 
Pam e ^ r .^ Tan cre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 88 ; Radde, Orn. Cauc. p. 125 (1884) ; Oates, 
'ry pano ' Brit - 1,1(1 ■, Birds, i. p. 18 (1889). 
p. 68 J> (i8gg^^ MSj Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 9 (1877) ; id. Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. 
ex ^ ai 'kand, November 8, 1873. — Length 18‘2 inches, wing 12 , 3, tail 7’0, tarsus 2 - 0 ; 
[A Aris dark. Brown; bill black; feet black. “ Kara Kargba ” (Tarki). 
plume^j^ at ^ U ^ Bird, with the face and throat not quite denuded of the black downy 
face 1 ^ as Bghar, December 20, 1873. [An immature bird with completely feathered 
Ro. 1280 
V l277 ' Eashghar, January 26, 1874. [Fully adult.] 
r 0 t..- . Xas Bghar, January 26, 1874. [Not fully mature, as it has the throat still 
Ro. 1270 a down.] 
Probal 7^ as ^»Bar, January 26, 1874. [In worn plumage with fully feathered face — 
Ro. l5gg L 3 a young bird of the preceding year.] 
face th ail * ar ^ s Bj April 26, 1874. [In very rusty and worn plumage, with feathered 
le 11 °at showing signs of denudation. Both this and the preceding specimen 
• ^' 0r h flip , "^7 Gl '- Scully the Rook is only a winter visitor to Kashghar, disappea: 
is ue vieimtv nf • xi. v ,, , 
\Vouj(l i J vv 1L1 o at;iiuad.Lio 
probably not have nested this year.] 
ring 
Ah 
Sa -id to b Cm ! ty Yarkand in the beginning of April, migrating to the north, where it 
lee d in the hills near Aksu. 
| ■, le Rotten l " 1 In TBe luBs near Aksu. The Turki name is ‘ Portumchuk Kargha, 5 i. e. 
1 ' Th e P° e i ^' L0W ’’ in allusion to the rough scabrous skin covering the base of the 
00 v 3S plentiful in winter in North-western India. 
0R VU S C0lUx Genus COR VUS. 
^ 0r vus corax T • 
1875 } p ^ ySt ’ ^ at ‘ B I 3 ' 455 (1766) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 63 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 
Pijev in ]>' 1 b ^ aCZ ' Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 172 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 261 (1876) ; 
Se *ert z tv ^ 0rn ' Misc - ii- P- 283 (1877) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 14 (1877) ; 
_ (1887) • o S ’ l 3- > Zarudn. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1885, p. 59; Radde, Ornis, iii. p. 473 
thib’Z^ Brit - Ind - j Birds > B p - 14 ( 1889 )- 
0rvus lawyer,,.-- „ Ume & Hcudcrs - Lahore to Yark. p. 234 (1873) ; Scully, Str. P. iv. p. 155 (1876). 
11 ’ llume ; Swiub. Ibis, 1882, p. 111. 
