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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
52. Sturnus PORPHYRONOTUS. 
Sturms unicolor (nec T.) • Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 64 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p- 238 
163 
J. J K l/l I m JL. 1A1 u. va u V/1/U.I jJ. VJ X' ^xui y •m-' 1 y j. — — - / i p 
Sturnus vulgaris (nec L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 250 (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. lV - 
(!876). Tbig 1883, 
Sturnus purpurascens (nec Gould) ; Biddulpli, Ibis, 1881, p. 79 ; Scully, ibid. p. 573 ; Severtz. 
p. 55. . . , . sol (1889) ! 
Sturnus porphyronotus, Sharpe, Ibis, 1888, p.438; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, l. P- 
Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 38, pi. 2 (1890). ^ • 
No. 921. Sanju, November 1, 1873. — Length 9 inches, wing 5, tail 2*6, 
expanse 14' 7 ; bill from front 0 - 97, from gape 1'36. Iris very narrow, lig 
bill black ; feet reddish brown. 
No. 246. Sanju, November 1, 1873. 
No. 989. Yarkand, November 9, 1873. 
Nos. 1009, 1010. Yarkand, November 12, 1873. 
No. 1291. Kasbghar, February 2, 1874. 
No. 1774. Kashghar, May 23, 1874. ^ia- 
Dr. Scully says that this Starling is a very common bird in the plains of tb 0 
From about the end of February to the beginning of August the bird literally sv ) i alD ^ e pth 0 ^ 
neighbourhood of Yarkand, but it was never observed south of Karghalik ; m 
the dep 
Jan 11 
winter it appears to migrate south-eastwards, but a few Starlings were seen even n* g c pll) 
between Kashghar and Yarkand. Turk! name Kara Kuchkach, i. e. “ Blackbird, 
gives an account of the nidification of the species. n , ^ tb 0 
Writing from Yarkand, Dr. Stoliczka says that this species must begin 
second half of April. It builds m holes of houses, walls, and chattis, &c. The eggs al 1 gist 
Colonel Biddulpli obtained this Starling in Kashghar in March and at Sanju °' 1 . gee ia£ 
Very common in the plains of Yarkand. I don’t remem . „ 
of October. He writes 
it about Kashghar in the depth of winter, nor did we meet with it anywhere in 
the hiU s ’ 
Genus PASTOR. 
53. Pastor roseus. 
Turdus roseus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 294 (1766). p. 
Pastor roseus (L.) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. ii. p. 539 (1856) ; Dresser, Ibis, ^ p, 1^’ 
Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 164 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 267 (1876) ; Biddulpli, Ibis, I ' 
Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. Ill ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 55; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. ° rn- j. A- )” 
1883, p. 89 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 58 (1885) ; Badde, Ornis, iii. p. 479 (1887) j;. f 1 ' 
Beng. lvi. p. 86 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 82 (1889) ; id- a 
Mus. xiii. p 65 (1890) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 518 (1889). 
Sturnus roseus (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest, Jevotn. p. 64 (1873). 9 
No. 681, ? juv. Indus valley, south of Chimray, September 13, 1873.' — J y e ll°' f 
inches, wing 5*1, tail 272, tarsus 1*2. 
at base ; feet fleshy brown. 
Iris dark brown ; bill dusky 
p r otvn> 
obt^ e ; 
A* 
Dr. Scully writes:— “A single specimen of the Rose-coloured Starling w£lS i ;1 ks 
ri' > , • o , i , .,,, . -TT-i i 1 
Eastern Turkestan in September. It is said to be common in Khokand and ^ 
where it feeds on mulberries ; and the Yarkandi bird-catchers say that it only oC ^ B t 
mere straggler in Kasligharia, a few birds being occasionally seen in the suniin el 
prevalence of strong north-westerly or westerly winds. Its Turki name is Sdcn. 
