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Family ALAFDIDiE. 
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'CORTs PALLIDA. 
Genus OTOCORYS. 
"'lb! 7ioif lata (nGC G ° uld) '> Severtz - J - f ' °- 1875 ' P- 191 J Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 174 (1876); Dresser, 
Otocor ’ P - 181 ; Severtz - Ibis > 1883, p. 61. 
ys pallida, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. p. 533 (1890). 
i’Os. 9go Q Qn ^ V 
No. 892 V i ^ a ^' ® an j Us October 31 . — Wing 4 ' 7 - 4'85 inches. 
Jlill ii • ' U ^ ’ 8an j Uj October 28. — Length 7 ’05 inches, wing 4'4, tail 3'05, tarsus 0'9, 
Ill U ' S ^ 1 ^ orn y’ blackish towards the tip, pale below; iris brown, 
of tl t ^ Uee w ^ n ter plumage, in which stage it is extremely difficult to tell some 
hnd U .l S ^ )GC ' mens f rom O. albigula , because the black feathers on the sides of the face 
these le f '' Jan ^ are raGier broadly edged with white, and then the accumulation of 
« W l1e edges, in a carelessly prepared skin, gives a pale appearance between 
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0 ^ ar "// ,VCr ^ S an< ^ ^ 1C cbcs t‘band which may render the skins easily mistaken for 
945 
92^’ ? atb San j u > November 1. — Wing 4'35 inches. 
9^0’ ^ a<b Khuslitagh, November 2. — Wing 4*4 inches. 
111 ? Oi-tograk, November 3. — Wing 4' 2 inches. 
959 , above females have the throat-patch obscured by ashy-whitish margins*. 
Hal ad ' . Bora ’ November 4. — Wing 4'6 inches. 
Va nish d tin « e y ellow 011 the forehead. The pale margins have almost 
1 ! ° m throat-patch, but are a little more distinct on the ear-coverts ; the 
967 an< * across the hinder crown is becoming pronounced. 
Wv Karghalik, November 6. — Wing 4 '65 inches. 
991, ^ 
61 y similar to the foregoing specimen, but the frontal band is not so distinct. 
N°. 9 ' Yarkand, November 10. — Wing 4'5 inches 
rr,.’ 6 • Yarkand, November 23. — Wing 4'2 inches. 
i'6-4'75 inches. 
but th ma ^ G ^° eS n °^ sbow niucb advance on the specimens killed earlier in the month, 
of bl a if 6 ai ° cer tain signs of disappearance of the winter plumage in the development 
line at tl 011 t' rori t a l band and ear-tufts ; there is also a slight strengthening of the 
Piales 1 16 ^ aSe Gie f° rebc ad, which, however, is never absent in winter-plumaged 
N 0 . 5 is scarcely visible in the females. 
Nos. lyg.j ^ ’ Yangihissar, December 2. — Wing 4'85 inches. 
No. 1252 5 1152, d . Kashghar, December 11 - 16 . — Wing 4' 
fo all Maralbashi > January. — Wing 4'7 inches. 
Ptumal above specimens there is a slight indication of approaching nuptial 
No. 139^ » e - 
The^i'i Naslighar, February 4. — Wing 4'8 inches. 
, ° n crown > sides of face, and throat is so strongly developed that there 
No. ip^Q y an y indication of light edgings left. 
This^'* ^Yshkurghan, March 30. — Wing 4'4 inches. 
s lathei a curious bird, for, although it was shot in the spring, and by the black 
