AVES. 
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Family PAMDiE. 
l20 ' PARTJ; 
Genus PARUS. 
s ATEICEPS. 
P a r' S ^°^ larensts i Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 66 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 92. 
US c * Uere us, V. ■ Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 230 (1873) ; Wardlaw Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, 
Pa; P 62; C ' Swinl1 - Ibis, 1882, p. 110; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. part 3, p. 76 (1889). 
p ar * ni P a /ensis, Hodgs. ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 73; Scully, t. c. p. 568; Barnes, Str. F. ix. p. 217 (1880). 
-w >S a,r ^ ce P s , Horsf. ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 46 (1889). 
N 0 ^ atb Murree, June 25, 1873. 
No' 029 ad ' Murree > Jul Y 13 > !873. 
N 0 400’ lmm ' Srinagar, July 31, 1873. 
5 adult. Tashkyum, August 20, 1873. — Bill horny black ; feet bluish; iris blackish. 
T J-uunnj LA Illy xLU^ LI ij 1/ iJV) -LU I U* AJiiX 
N 0 ^ nc l les ) wing 2'9, tail 2'5, tarsus 0 - 75. 
’ * mm - Shargol, August 20, 1873. 
Com: 
Sind y umo n in Kashmir according to Dr. Henderson, who obtained several specimens in the 
e .v both in June and October. 
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Pares 
CYANES. 
arus cyanus, Pall. ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 232 (1873); Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 66 
* T ( 873 ) i Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 93 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 154 (1876). 
°‘ South of Sanju Pass, Karakash Valley, October 22, 1873.— Length 5 2 inches, 
N 0 tail 2 - 45. Bill horny blackish ; feet pale bluish. 
No Tdm > October 25, 1873.—“ Kok-talke ” (Kokan). 
No’ pom B ° ra ’ Novemb er 4, 1873. 
N°. Yarkand, November 23, 1873. 
N 0S iq-o Kaslighar, December 15, 1873. 
N 0 . 1859 - Tluba, June 6, 1874. 
j Pa srobat, May 13, 1874. 
°f WoV S ' D3ary ’ Dr - Stoliczka says that P. cyanus was evidently breeding near Pasrobat, and 
the oth e eU i laleS Sll0t near Cuba, “ one had well-developed eggs, but had not begun laying ; 
of ^lazar p . Sma11 C SS S ” On the 5th of June, writing from the camp about two miles west 
H v b(i says that the species was breeding in the Duba Valley. 
taftl arisk ■ derson writes “ This beautiful little species was common in August in the 
It k a( } a ' ,Ull gles on the banks of the Arpalak, within fifteen miles of the plains of Yarkand, 
one of tl PPareri tly been recently breeding, as all the specimens obtained were young birds, 
s I>e c i es ' 6m bein § scarcely fully fledged.” Dr. Scully also observes “ This pretty little 
°f the Ar aS with m small flocks among the tamarisk-bushes which grow on the banks 
ColonV'\ anCl San j u streams. It had evidently been breeding in those places.” 
^t'Veen Piddulph sends us the following note : — “ We met this first in November 
aUd Yarkand in small scrub jungle, and everywhere in similar localities 
e winter all over the plains of Turkestan. They were especially common at 
