AYES. 
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45. 
^ °CES hexdebsoni. 
g S ^ n ^ ers °ni, Hume, Ibis, 1871, p. 408 ; id. & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 244, pi. xxii. (1873) ; 
q CU Y Str - F - iv. p. 159 (1876) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 151 (1877) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s 
^ rn - Misc. ii. p . 275 (1877). 
N°, Khushtagh, November 2, 1873. 
y F ’ 0l 'a. Length 11'7 inches, wing 5'6, tail 4*3. Iris brown; bill and feet black. 
T V 1 B ran - i « 
y y I ^ J o 3 
N 0s leac h within 2'2 inches of end of tail. 
lop- ; — UI cuu ur tan. 
T a> 1366,1367. Tughamati, February 19, 1874. 
Sa , le Epical specimens killed in August by Dr. Henderson have distinct spots of 
tl le 9 U on head ; these spots are also seen in Dr. Scully’s specimen killed on 
the " * ® e P^ em ^ er in the desert near Sanju. In the two birds from Khushtagh 
°f t } S ^° t S are ^ ess ’ an d in f 61 the specimens shot in February there is no trace of any 
ij, . e P a ^ e s pots, showing apparently that they are indicative of winter plumage. 
Gn r °nte WaS discovered by Dr. Henderson in the desert ground after leaving Sanju, 
Lr c? ^ 1Us litagh, and also near to Oi-Tograk. 
OClllh 
mte 
e ^ - 0 
srveiies 1 ^ Wia ^ es : — “This species was only met with in the desert country which 
eross ( , ( j een Sanju and Karghalik — an arm of the great Takla Makan Desert — which 
^ e hd 0 p ° n entering and leaving the plains of Eastern Turkestan. It was never seen or 
S'ive. s a y Car . Kashghar, Yarkand, or the country which lies between those two cities.” He 
^ ^ yitrJh lnter ? Stin S accoun t °f the habits of the species, and says that 44 the Turki name 
ffi’ely, call e ^ 5 '' ^ las r cforencc to the bird running in the trail of horses ; it is also, though 
^ ar kesta n G "f >nn sa 9 ^ z 0 ^cmi, or 4 Sand Magpie.’ It is a permanent resident in Eastern 
<I eilei ’ aa | s sa id to breed in May and June.” 
lr ' () bntai lls . 'h'\ alski also found the species 44 from Ordos and Ala-shan down to the Kan-su 
1 ;t hx of Norti these, it settles at Tsaidam, but has not been observed on the high 
S l° c ies, an t j i libet. In Gobi, between Ala-shan and Urgey, he repeatedly saw the 
Y " 19>Oo<T- i * iere ^ ore considered that its distribution extended to 45° N. lat. 
ar kan ( ] an V S len 9ersoni,” writes Colonel Biddulph, 44 we got in the desert between Sanju and 
feedino, j 1 * ‘^ n between the latter and Kashghar. Like P. bidclulphi, they were on the 
. es ® Were &5 ] a ' Ava Y s in Pare ground, and not amongst bushes, but they were not so shy. 
^ ee d they a ^ Wa ^ s f°nnd in pairs or singly, as we never saw them perch on any bushes; 
. ls °be, rvin ^ cro never seen where there were any bushes. Both species, but especially 
nnaously. When they first see you they do not take to flight, but start off 
clll(]^ fl * * llibu btitl yULl tllcj' CIO HUu tdJVt/ 11) 
e P re sent species never seems to fly unless hard-pressed.” 
46. 
bi 
Pc 
ilendersc 
° Doces hbmilis. 
Pr. 
& Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 247, pi. xxiii. (1873); Scully, Str. P. iv. p. 161 
He observes ; — 44 This strange 
only'^ 011 ; WaS the discoverer of this species also. xxc „™, ra .— SMUgo 
w a °l tnet witl U a r )0V0 d^ichik Yailak on the way to Yarkand ; on the return journey it 
° a °t in fl i ft frequents short grassy downs, af " rn,„„ 
( e p Scnlu? J 3 ’ Were scattered all over the hil 
at a height of about 1100 feet. 
hill-side.” 
They 
V d tion 7f87 /If ' f bis species was first observed and a specimen shot at Kiwaz 
) on the 20th of September, 1874. The birds were running about in the 
