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N 0, 201 Srinagar, July 29, 1873. 
2 35. Srinagar, August 1, 1873. 
0S - 1715, 1717 . Yarkand, May 22, 1874. 
°* 1782 - Yarkand, May 24, 1874. 
Colonel Biddulph says that he only procured this species in the Sind Valley. 
U5 - Tuib ura 3 
Genus TRIBURA. 
major. (Plate IX.) 
L . USC iniola major (Brooks) ; Seebolim, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 124 (1881). 
crocephalus macrorhynchus (Hume) ; Scully, Str. P. iv. p. 146 (1876). 
umeticola major, Brooks; Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 65 ; Scully, t. c. p. 448. 
" ur a major, Oates, Paun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii. p. 362 (1889). 
N °‘ 3 °°- Sonamarg, August 10, 1873— Length 5-65 inches, wing 2'3, tail 2 35, tarsus 
; expanse 7 -15 ; hill from front 0 - 38, from gape 0-8. Iris brown ; bill horny, 
yellow below ; feet light brown, tarsi yellowish fleshy. 
°- 35 2. Sonamarg, August 12, 1873.— Length 6‘2 inches, wing 2-38, tail 2-5, tarsus 0’8; 
ex panse 7-2; length of foot 1*3. Iris brown; bill horny, yellow below; feet pale, 
Nos 'S? Sligllt flcslly tirL » e - 
' 383. Baltal, August 12, 1873. 
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No. 4,9 0 
i ' :>, 2= 435, ad. et juv. Tashgam, Eras Valley, August 17, 1873. 
CbJUV. AcbMlgau-L, J J ... 
Kharbu, Ladak, August 21, 1873.— Length 6'25 inches, wing 2*3, tail 2’4, 
tarsus 0-9 ; bill from front 0’55, from gape 0'75. Iris pale brown ; hill horny black, 
ower mandible paler, yellow at the angles of the mouth. Note “tick, tick, tick . 
Y 0 1Vcs * u fields on grass. Native name “ Cliihi marta.” 
No 5 S’ f IlarbU) A ugust 21, 1873. 
Nos. iL Leh ’ Au § ust 27 > 1873 - 
45,1850. Kugiar, June 2, 1874. 
4 Ua ^ Cor< fiMg to Dr. Stoliczka’s ‘ Diary ’ this species was not common near Sonamarg in 
" p ; but more plentiful apparently near Baltal, though “ very difficult to get ” 
about T d Bidd >ilph states that he found this Warbler very common in Ladak, especially 
O both coming and going. It frequented the cornfields, at elevations of from 
rn, 0 1Y000 feet, and was not found near water. It occurred singly , am not m oc 's. 
s Pecimen procured by Dr. Scully was only doubtfully referred to his Acrocephalm 
Mr X T chus by Mr. Hume, who was not able at the time to compare it with the type, 
llentir , ln (Cat. B. v. p 403) thought it must be Sypolais rama, but Mr. Oates has 
fo Und wit b T. major (cf. Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 361). Dr. Scully writes :-«I 
O* blrd between Kizil Aghil and Tam, at elevations of from 7000 to 9000 feet, in 
it S <L • T be bird occurred in long grass (called chigh ) near the Arpaldk and Sanju streams ; 
^a$ oW . to be very restless, continually flitting from blade to blade, and only one specimen 
amed. I n Turld it is called ‘ Chighchi,’ in allusion to the grass which it frequents. 
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