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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Turkestan, unless it be in captivity. The Yarkandis have an absurd legend about tlu^ 
being the grandsire of the common Hoopoe! A Yarkandi bird-catcher told uie 
bii' d 
its 
name was £ Tagh hupiipi,’ the c Mountain Hoopoe ; ’ but this 
evolved out of his inner consciousness.” 
designation was 
don 
.bt 
Eamilv SYLYIIDiE. 
Genus AC EO CEPH ALUS. 
142. Acrocephalus turdoides. ijaiiei'®’ 
Acrocephalus turdoides (Meyer) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 95 (1881) ; Homeyei 
MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 84; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 71 ( 1889 )’ ^ ) ■ 
Acrocephalus arundinaceus , L. ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 146 (1876); Blanf. East. Persia, ii. P- ^ Jail 6 ’ 
I have examined the specimen procured by Dr. Scully at Yarkand on the 23 rd jjjjji 
and there is no question of its being the true A. turdoides. The Yarkandi shikaris » is 
the following information about this Reed- Warbler : — “The Turki name ^ 
seasonal visitant, arriving about March, and leaving at the be^ 
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the 
c Kanaiclii.’ It is a seasonal visniiui, arnvmg auuui j'wu h, auu jn 
winter, when the water begins to freeze. It breeds in Yarkand, making its ^ t | 0 e,s n 0 *" 
yelmn (reeds), where it lives, and laying four eggs about the beginning of June. pci' s ^ 1 
migrate to Hindustan, but westwards to Mazendaran (an extensive forest-regi (jU ^ a t pie 
near the borders of the Caspian).” Eggs were brought to Dr. Scully, who says 
species was often heard in reeds and marshy ground near Yarkand, but he could on > 
one specimen. 
143. Acrocephalus stentorius. 
„ . ii. Bfh' 
Acrocephalus stentorius (H. & E.) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 194 (1876) ; Seebohm, La • g cU ply, 
v. p. 98 (1881) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 108 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 42 (1885) , 
S. Beng. lvi. p. 81 (1887) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 356 (1889). 
Acrocephalus brunnescens (Jerd.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 214, pi. xvi. (R 
jVlus- 
J> 
Nos. 200, 202, 206, 216, 220, 223, 227- Srinagar, July 29-31, 1873. . , suS V 1 ’ 
No. 217. Srinagar, August 3, 1873.— Length 7 '35 inches, wing 3‘38, tail 2 ‘ 7 °’ " atl 
expanse 10 ; bill from front 0’75, from gape IT ; length of foot T4. L’is 
lighter round the pupil ; bill blackish horny, pale below ; feet bluish horn} ^ pr- 
Very common in Kashmir, according to Dr. Henderson, breeding in that co 
Stoliczka mentions that he found young birds near Srinagar in July. 
144. Acrocephalus agricola. 
Acrocephalus agricola, Jerd.; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 105 (1881) ; Severtz. Ri • 
Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 42 (1885) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 359 (1® s^o) 
Salicaria capistrata, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 66, 127 (1873) ; id. Str. F. iii. p. 425 ( 
Ibis, 1876, p. 84. 
Salicaria modesta, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 66. 
Salicaria gracilis, Severtz. t. c. p. 66. 
1883; P* 
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