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fields, and perching on twigs and bushes. At Kicliik Yailak, in August 1875, they ^ 6 
numerous, and frequented the grassy hill-sides which abound there; they would seldom O’ 
hut lan up hill very nimbly, making it rather difficult to hag them, considering , 
elevation was about 13,000 feet in the valleys. The Kirghiz say that this species, which 
call Zungak, is a permanent resident near their encampment, and feeds on worms and k^' 0 . 
never on & ra i a or seeds, they add also that the bird makes its nest in holes about the 1 ^ 
sides, breeding in June or July, and that the young birds are able to fly about the end 
September.” 
Eamily ORIOLIDiE. 
Genus ORIOLUS. 
47. Oriolus kundoo. 
Oriofus kundoo , Sykes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 87 ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 200, pi. xi - [^d. 
Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 187 ; Scully, Str. P. iv. p. 140 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 54; Scul ^, clS; i. 
p. 440; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 106; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 55; Oates, Faun. Brit. lad., b 11 ; 
p. 504 (1889). 
No. 132. Tinali, July 19, 1873. 
No. 199. Srinagar, July 29, 1873. 
Nos. 262-266. Srinagar, August 5, 1873. Native name “ Poshmol.” 
No. 764. Sopur, July 26, 1873. 
Nos. 1696, 1698. Kizil, May 19, 1874. 
Nos. 1749-51, 1760. Yarkand, May 20, 1874. 
Dr. Henderson found the species very common in Kashmir, both going and retu 10 
It was met with again at Bora and Oi-Tograk, in the plains of Yarkand. “ The Yarka 1 
called it the ‘ Zar Guldar,’ a name apparently borrowed from the Persians.” 0c 
Di. Scully gives an interesting account of the nesting of the species in YarkaU • ^ 
states that it is a seasonal visitant to the plains of Eastern Turkestan, arriving about t 1 ^ ^ 
of April and migrating in September ; it is never seen in winter. The Yarkandi 
the Oriole is Sopia, evidently given in imitation of its call. In Kliokand the bird m Cc 
Zar-ghaldak.'’ 
Dr. Stoliczka says that he saw the first pair in 1874, on the 18th of May, at Ig luZ ^ 
Eamily DICRURID^E. 
Genus BUCHANGA. 
48. Buchanga longicaudata. 
Dicrurus longicaudatus , “ A. IIay;» Jerd. Madr. Journ. xiii. pt. 2, p. 121 (1844) ; Oates, Faun- B rJt ' ^ 
Bn-ds, i. p. 314 (1889). ; 
Buciianga longicaudata (Hay) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. iii. p. 249 (1877) ; Scully, Ibis, l88l» P’ 
No. 59. Murree, June 29, 1873. 
No. 79. Murree, July 2, 1873. 
No. 165, juv. Sopur, July 26, 1873. 
No. 261, Srinagar, August 5, 1873. 
