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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
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which are characteristic of winter plumage. On this specimen Dr. Severtzon 
written : — “ Saxicola talas, Scv. = ? S. morio, 2nd nest, 1st year,” meaning that 
backward plumage is due to its haying been a late-bred bird of the previous year- 
Dr. Stoliczka says in his ‘Diary’ that this Chat was very common at Ighiz Yar on the ^ 
of May. Colonel Biddulpb procured a male at Kila Panj on the 12tli of April, 1^74, 
be noticed the species in the Karakash Yalley. Dr. Henderson found it on the ^ 
River near Sanju, and at Khushtagh, twenty miles further north. Dr. Scully wr ^ G f 011 t, 
“ This species was found in September in the plains of Kashgharia, at an elevation of 
6100 feet. It was met with on the desert oases of Sulikaziz Langar and Khushtagh, rU111 ^ 
about in suitable fields, where it was tolerably numerous. The Yarkandis, who hno^^. 
bird well, say that it breeds in the country, and disappears entirely in the winter. r l^ ie 
name is ‘ Kara Cliiket,’ ‘ Black Wheatear.’ ” 
172. Saxicola cenaxthe. 
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Saxicola oenanthe (L.) ■ Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873 ) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p- j^gl, 
East. Persia, ii. p. 146 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 183 (1877) ; Bidd. jpf, 
p. 60; Scully, t. c. p. 444; Seebolim, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. p. 391 (1881); Homeyer & 
orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 85 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 37 (1885) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn- b ° 
Zool. v. p. 75 (1889). 
Nos. 1455, 1456 [d S], Pamir Kul, April 5, 1874. ^ sll s 
No. 1475 [ 6 ]. Panjah, April 16, 1874. — Length 6*5 inches, wing 3*82, tail 2 2, 
1T5. Iris brown ; hill and feet black. 
Nos. 1487 [ $ ], 1488, 1489 [<?$]. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 
No. 1496 [ $ ]. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 
Nos. 1506, 1512 [ <f ], 1549 [ ? ]. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 
No. 1742, d pull. Yarkand, May 15, 1874. 
No. 1784 [ ¥ ]. Yarkand, May 28, 1874. ^ 
Dr. Stoliczka found the Wheatear very common at Ighiz Yar on the 18th of a 
was breeding in the Duba Yalley early in June. 
173. Saxicola isabellina. 
Saxicola squalida, Eversm. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873). 
Saxicola saltator, Menetr. ; Severtz. t. c. p. 65. Sculb' 3 
Saxicola isabellina, Cretzschm. ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 335 ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 147 (13/ ^ ylus- 
Str. F. iv. p. 142 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. ii. p. 184 (1877) ; Seebohm, Cat. B-^ 1 g eVe rtz- 
v. p. 399 (1881) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 60; Scully, ibid. p. 444 ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p- 1®7 , 
- • * - - rTran st;£lS ^ 
Ibis, 1883, p. 68; Homeyer & Tancre, MT. orn. Ver. Wien, 1883, p. 85; Zarudn. Ois. ^ ng90)- 
p. 38 (1885) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 82 (1887) ; Oates, Faun. Brit. Ind., Birds, ii- P - ' ' 
No. 1510. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 
No. 1587. Sirikul Lake, May 1, 1874. , oD 
Colonel Biddulpli procured specimens at Kizil on the 19th of May, and at P° s ^ 
the 29th of the same month. It was only seen in summer in the plains of Turkestan-^^ 
Dr. Scully writes ; — “This species w r as common in the plains of Eastern Tuik e ®^^ aS 
elevations of from 4000 to 6300 feet, from the middle of April to the middle of Aug uS ^ 3 ^ c 
never met with during the winter, nor in the hills at any season. It probably ariaV ^f e pir^ 
country towards the end of March, and leaves certainly not later than October. 
