AYES. 
45 
1039, d hiem. Yarkand, November 22, 1873. 
fbe above specimens appear to be males in winter plumage. No. 1001 may be 
At a female. 
A'°. 
N 0 ^ ' Kaslighar, December 19, 1873. 
^ ' Kaslighar, January 25, 1874. — Bill dusky pale bluish, the culmen blackish ; 
Nos ] 9 q- brown. Length 6'8 inches, wing 3 '56, tail 3, tarsus 0'8. 
No, -] ‘>7tr* > ' ^ ‘ Kaslighar, January 31, 1874. 
No. T_Qo f / e ' Kashghar, Eebruary 3, 1874. 
N° s . jo . ’ d • Kaslighar, Eebruary 11, 1874. 
N 0 j ^^4, 2 . Kaslighar, Eebruary 12, 1874. 
No. ‘ Kaslighar, Eebruary 13, 1874. 
Nos, I jo ’ 6 • Kaslighar, March 8, 1874. 
No. 1245, 2 , 1256, e . Maralhashi, January 1874. 
I 9 ’ Faizabad, March 2, 1874. 
Fel U> W ^°^ e seiaes is in winter plumage ; nor do the males killed in the middle of 
Hiary or in March show much sign of shedding the tips to the black feathers of 
tlla throat. B 
Col 
b e c eni i ii j U ^ t'bldulph procured specimens at Yarkand in November, and at Kaslighar in 
tie wim ( ’ ebmar y> and March, as well as at Maralhashi. They were very common during 
Acc 4 . r abso n °ticed the species on the march near Karghalik in November. 
s Pecim ens . Seixlly this species was “ common near Yarkand in winter, and four 
Was saij l " ( '! ° P resej wed in January and Eebruary. It frequented hedges and small trees and 
qw- y t lG Yarkandis to be a permanent resident ; but I never observed it in summer.” 
1 uame for this bird is “ Cha-Kuchkach.” 
fUSIXLA. 
pusitta, Pall. Rei. 
Russ. Reiclis, iii. p. 697 (1776) ; Severtz. Turkest. .Tevotn. p. 64 (1873) ; 
Ko. 
SC .V ibis, 1875, p. 249; Tacz.Bull. Soc. Zool. France, i. p. 177 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley's Orn. 
p o? 1*' (1877); Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, p. 462; Finsch, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xxix. 
9 (18/9) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xii. p. 487( 1888) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind.,Birds, ii. p. 254. 
845 
Win 
South of Sanju Pass, Karakash Yalley, October 22, 1873. — Length 5'35 inches, 
^ g 2 75, tail 2 - 25 ; expanse 8'5. Bill greenish horny ; feet brownish yellow. 
Pparently adult bird in winter plumage. 
' ' Eiib ehi Za 
Bm/, 
RtJSTICA. 
n l~J UStica ’ p all. Reis. Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 698 (1776) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 
^6) ; Finsch, Verh 
i. p. 
175 
N 0 a , 1883, P- 90 5 Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus/xii. p. 491 (1888) 
z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1879, p. 216 ; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 
b T o. 
0 q>- f * em - Sanju, October 29, 1873. — Length 6'2 inches, wing 31, tail 2'4, tarsus 
black' ? Xpansc ^’6 5 bill from front 0'4, from gape 0'5. Iris reddish brown; bill 
brow ^ ' ]0l ' ]l ^’ P aPc brown along the posterior culmen ; lower mandible pale fleshy 
ti n , r n ’ ^ s by at the sides and tip ; feet pale horny brown, with a very slight fleshy 
rjoY C ' yings reach within l - 35 inch of tip of tail. 
5 d biem. Sanju, October 30, 1873. 
