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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Genus LUSCINIOLA. 
146. Lusciniola melanopogon. 
Lusciniola melanopogon (Temm.) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 132 (1881); C. Swinh- 
1882, p. 108 ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 369 (1889). 
Calamodus melanopogon, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 198 (1876). 
No. 1020. Yarkand, December 13, 1873. — Length 6 - 0 inches, wing 2 '6, tail 2 3, F 
0’9 ; expanse 7‘6 ; bill from front 0-4, from gape 0'68 ; length of foot 1‘3- 
brown ; Dill horny black ; feet black ; wings reach within 1-5 inch of end of tail- 
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Genus HYPO LAIS. 
147. HYPOLAIS RAMA. 
Hypolais rama (Sykes) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 187 (1876) ; Seebolim, Cat. B. Brit, 
(1881) ; C. Swinli. Ibis, 1882, p. 108 ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 81 (1887) ; Oates, Faun- 
Ind., Birds, i. p. 391 (1889). 
Phyllopneuste rama (Sykes) ; Scully, Str. E. iv. p. 147 (1876). 
No. 1702. Yarkand, May 21, 1874. 
Nos. 1789, 1791. Yarkand, May 25, 1874. “ Got the nest and eggs.” 
No. 1793. Yarkand, May 26, 1874. 
Nos. 1816, 1820, 1821. Karghalik, May 30, 1874. 
On the 27th of May, Dr. Stoliczka wrote in his 4 Diary ’ : — 44 I got two nests of 
rama, which is beginning to breed. The nest is made entirely of fine grass, coarser ° u ^ ee p, 
very fine inside, and interwoven with seed-film. It is thick, and about two inches^ ^ 
round, with a diameter of 2 - 0 to 2*2 inches. One nest had five, the other three 
fresh, and the birds were evidently still laying. The eggs are rather roundish, creamy 
with some pale inky spots, and with dark streaks and blotches, more or less confluent ^ 
the thick end. The nests were in gardens, in low vine-bushes, about two feet a 0 
ground. Other birds I saw about high calamus grass, and they must breed ^ el<3 ^ 
Colonel Biddulph shot specimens at Karghalik on the 30th of May, and at Ighiz Yar 
19th of May. ^ ^ 
Dr. Scully observes: — “AT. rama is a seasonal visitant to the plains of Kas 
where it breeds. I got the first specimen of it in May, and it was never observed m 
The Turld name for this Warbler is 4 Koktalghu.’” 
Genus SYLVIA. 
148. Sylvia nisoria. 
.79; 
Sylvia nisoria (Bechst.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, P- rp a pci'' > 
East. Persia, ii. p. 174 (1876) ; Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 6 (1881) ; Homeyer goo 1, 
MT. orn. Yer. Wien, 1883, p. 84; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 67 ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn- 8°°' 
v. pt. 3, p. 70 (1889). 
Nisoria undata (Brehm) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 149 (1876). 
No. 1697. Kizil, May 19, 1874. 
Nos. 1735, 1736, 1741, 3743, 1788, 1790, 1795. Yarkand, May 15th to 26th, 1874- 
Nos. 1815, 1818, 1823, 1828. Karghalik, May 30, 1874. 
