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° n ree< ^ s j again in the swamps round Yarkand, and again in similar localities 
do Tl( j. * ,ai ' U,) asln it was very common, in flocks of from 30 to 40. This was in winter. I 
■\p a j_j li: ‘’_a ( 'fnber seeing them anywhere in summer, and certainly never on the Pamir or in 
Eastc^ 1 ' r ^ CU l^ v sa y s : — “The Bearded Beedling was exceedingly common in the plains of 
bord/. 11 ^ lu> k e stan, among the reeds and rushes growing in marshy ground and on the 
j Tl ^ * 8 la kes. I did not observe it in winter, but it was said to he a permanent resident 
% lti e ] C0Untr J r - These birds take sliort wavering flights, in small flocks usually, and as they 
s Peci(; 1 U < a , CUiaous sound, which is sought to be imitated by the Turki name given to the 
es > Jingjing.’ Near Yarkand this bird breeds in April and May.” 
l36 - Zosterops 
Pamily MELIPKAGIDA. 
Genus ZOSTEROPS. 
Zos( e 
palpebrosa. 
^ terops palpebrosa (T.) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 214 (1889). 
C IS’ ^ urree ’ ^ 7 ' 1878 - 
N 0 ' Tinali, Jhelum Yalley, July 18, 1873. 
No' itl' Cha ckoti, July 22, 1873. 
' y - Gond, August 8, 1873. 
Was v ^ Tiddulph procured specimens at Baramula in August, and says that the species 
1 y common in the Jhelum Yalley in Kashmir. 
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Eamily EEGULIDflE. 
Genus REGULUS. 
I^GULTJS regelus, 
Relu/ lUa regulus > Linn - Syst. Nat. i. p. 338 (1766). 
'i istalus, Koch; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 66 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 92; Bidd. Ibis, 
J; 81 ’ P- 67; Scully, t. c. p. 450; Bidd. Ibis, 1882, p. 279; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. 
R e „ u j , 1Gn . 5 p. 84; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 344 (1889). 
S ^ ma l a yensis, Blyth; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 173 (1877). 
0 i l9 | ad ‘ Sau .K November 1, 1873.— Bill black ; feet horny black. Length 4T5 
N 0 . ’ win S 2 - l, tail 1-7, tarsus 0'75. 
<? ad. Bora, November 4, 1873— Bill black; feet horny brown. Length 4-2 
No. 9 4 ? es ! win S 2-2, tail 16. 
Nos Bora > November 4, 1873. 
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Nos pn 5 1121, ad. Yangihissar, December 2, 1873. 
’ llTl, ad. Kashghar, December 11-14, 1873. 
Seeu by Colonel Biddulph at Leh in September. 
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