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N 0 . ^ ' _ Camp Tsultak, north of Chang-la, September 15, 1873. 
Nos. goo ^ ^' Uy ' Panksi, September 16, 1873. 
N°. 807* J '' 806 ’ ? ‘ Karatagh Lake, October 10, 1873. 
K° s . i ^ ‘ TJpper Karakasb Valley, October 10, 1873 (received from J. Biddulph). 
j '1436, c s . Tarbasbi, March 28, 1874. 
Co Uectecl b' C |i e blowing note from my ‘ Catalogue,’ founded in great part on the specimens 
"W. T jp 6 prfscnt P x P ( 'ditiou : — “ The specimen described is a female bird obtained by 
m en s pro CUv ^ Qf ° rcl ia tIle Kan S ra Lama Pass, Sikbim, on October 5, 1870. Two male speci- 
rum., j 10 ' ° T1 | Pe same date by Mr. H. J. Elwes have more rosy margins to the feathers of 
l ^°Ult ; a ^ d U aie general respects similar to the female described. Both are beginning to 
f0res hado wii ; nStead ^ ie un if° rm ashy head, they have tawny-buff feathers with black bases, 
k°Ui tbg s a PP ea r a nce of the first winter plumage of the young. This we also know 
The ^'hole UeS CaPec ^ e d ki October by Dr. Stoliczka during the second Yarkand Expedition. 
tllaa tle an(n^ )er SUl ^ ace * s sandy brown, with darker brown centres to the feathers of the 
he a<l U ] t i .' )ac v ’ ^ke lower back having rosy ends to the feathers ; wings and tail as in 
jT body pj )U ’ a U Ike feathers obscured by sandy-buff margins ; under surface 
lap e a fai n ^ m Sar '^ r buff, more ashy on the throat and breast. Some of the specimens 
h* s is abse t° S ^ on hke lesser and median wing-coverts ; in others, mostly females, 
absent. U 0r re placed by saffron-yellow, the rosy colour of the lower back being 
s P e eie Sj jp j ° P '* r ' Severtzoff recognized three forms of M. brandti, consisting of the typical 
S l >e eio aor|s ( ^ Cfl ^^°Pygia ) and M. pamirensis ; and Mr. Seebohm has kindly lent me the 
^ £ U - ( ^ i'kese differences were founded, including the types of M. pamirensis. 
a Yp-fe a t}j ei , s Sau i° differ from the last-named species in having no red margins to the 
e ^g rosy inV] 311 ^ ° rP y a i' ew r ed-marked feathers on the rump, the lesser wing-coverts 
■ •Y J Ung uj , 10 ma le and huffy rufous in the female. The type of the latter is quite 
tl Saa i by g e ’ w kich accounts for the absence of 
10 1!v ‘" - evertz °ff to resemble M. brandti , but has the whole of the rump rosy, with 
rosy colour. The true M. licematopygia 
kps of th7f ltZ ° ff rescm i ) ie M. brandti , but has the whole of the rump rosy, wi 
' There s Ga ^ lers cr i ms °n ; the lesser wing-coverts ashy, with no rosy on the margin. 
cents to me to be nothing in these differences of plumage beyond what can be 
J, There epp x aan^, vuuu uu i.uo; Uii tixc murgm. 
■ t as °aably acc TOS *° me 1° ke nothing in these differences of plumage beyond what can be 
j ls ev ident th°f h° r ky age. In a large series, such as I have examined (over 50 skins), 
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j vi aent that - ^ . -- v -- — . 
^° Un g birds it s ^ ress can ke placed on the amount of rose-colour on the rump. 
lIria ge. 1 1S apparently feebly developed, and is sometimes absent altogether in winter 
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j^ 0l ' e ka\v n y ^ uma ge of the adults differs from the summer plumage in being altogether 
th a ° k > get kl ac ]| an<1 . tPe edges of the feathers becoming shed, the head, and gradually the 
Wi e ^ack-lieacipi CUrious ly enough, the red edgings to the wing-coverts are never seen in 
^ to Pygi a> i s * ta « e ’ and hence Dr. Severtzoff contends that this form, the true M. hce- 
l Je "^ c °Vert s ar ^ C1 . call y distinct from M. brandti and M. pamirensis. The red margins to the 
c karact er i H ’ °^ ever > so much more plain in the winter plumage, that I believe them to 
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season, being entirely lost by abrasion as the summer plumage is 
^kfel a a Pk s localities for the present species were Camp Tsultak, Sept. 15, 1873, 
^ v 1 Pass, e 12th of June, 1874. He writes : — -“I first met Avith this crossing the 
Lp d2,Ooo_pg QAr , J . JI lar o e ff° c k s la October in the lower part of the Karakash valley at 
5 ee P W e saw it again on our way to Wakhan in large flocks near Chehil 
