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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
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Kargil, August 19, 1873.— Wing 179 inches. 
Snurla, on the Indus, August 24, 1873. 
Leh, August 30, 1873.— Wing 19-3 inches. 
Leh, September 4, 1873. — Wing 18'4 inches. 
Kalti Ailak, March 1, 1874.— Wing about 17 inches. _ tll0 ug 
This is the specimen recorded in the Diary (p. 33), and which 0 lC , ul oultj"= 
was so small as to he certainly C. lawrencii of Hume ; hut it is in worn an 
plumage, and consequently the measurements are defective. 
1541. ' Aktash, May 5, 1874.— Wing imperfect, about 17 inches. Q ta r 5llS 
Karakorum-brangsa, June 15, 1874.-Length 25 inches, wxng 18-3, tail 
2-8 ; expanse 54. Iris dark brown ; bill and feet black. kleS ° f 
Mr. Oates has drawn attention (l. c.) to the difference of size in the t]u ’°^^ cte cl W 
the upland Raven, and his conclusions are decidedly confirmed by the sene ^ ^ 
Dr. Stoliczka. All the Ravens obtained in Leh are of the form called C. hbeta ’ 
from the neighbourhood of Yarkand are of the smaller race, which Hume called ^ Qa tes J 
Dr. Stoliczka seems to have noticed this himself, and onjhe whole ques i^ / imP ossi b 
No. 463. 
No. 527. 
No. 597. 
No. 613. 
No. 1383. 
No. 
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remarks should be studied, though he agrees with me (Oat. . m. P- J j 1 Tjidk 111 
to separate the Alpine Raven as a species. Eurther notes on the dimensions 1 
Central Asiatic Ravens will be found in Mr. Hume’s account in Lahore o 
in Dr. Scully’s paper ( l . c.). 
Colonel Biddulph says 
but quite by themselves on the plain, and generally in paiis. 
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Colonel Biddulph says that C. tibetanus was found throughout Ladak, not n b reJfX e^ el 
ever seeing 
a Raven in Yarkand. He observes: — “On 
13,500 feet, I saw a flock of C. tibetanus of about 
Between Kizil and Ak Robat, in the desert, I saw several flying overhead 
He could not *e of 
the Pamir, at an e) f foil 1, 
twenty birds, and s *° 1 
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found them very tame and plentiful (this was in June) nearly at the top of the a 
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juv . xrenutu^u B n.t, „ « — ~ . ; The Tibet Raven accompanied the camp ^ ^d 
out, from the first entry into Ladak right through Yarkand, almost to the ci J 
back again. It was extremely familiar and bold, and it was impossible to le ^ ^ 
eatable about which it did not attempt to steal. Even milk-pots it would delib ^h 1 
to obtain a sup of the contents. At the greatest altitudes and through the ^ W 
deserts at least half a dozen accompanied the camp, some doubtless of the v J ^ he n ^ 
thus travelling the whole way from Leh to the vicinity of the city of Yarkand-, 
camp divided, about half the Ravens went with each party. On first starting m • ^ t , l0 o 
they always accompanied the party to a short distance, and then they re ui ^indi a 
camping-ground, apparently to make sure that nothing eatable had been e ^ party 
there they might be seen prowling about wisely for an hour or so, again joinin-, 
the afternoon at the new camp.” , , 0O tU e 
Dr. Stoliczka noted the Raven as beginning to build its nest near A v as 
of May. . t wifb 
Dr. Scully says that on the return journey, in August, the Raven was 
Kizil Yailak, and was very numerous about the Sanju Pass. 
18,500 feet.” 
Dr. Henderson’s note is as follows 
