AYES. 
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^'2. Ttjrtue. suratensis. 
furfur suratensis (Gm.) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 92 ; Scully, ibid. p. 585 ; Oates’ ed. Hume, Nests & Eggs 
Ind. B. ii. p. 353 (1890). 
No - 100. Changligally, Murree, July 6, 1S73. 
Xo - 137. Ghari, July 7, 1873.—“ Trilpiit.” 
°- 671. Leh, September 10, 1873. 
Turtur pulchratus. 
Turtur vitticollis , Hodgs.; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 274 (1873). 
^os. 446, 447. Cliiliscambo, August 18, 1873. 
} °* 1683. South of Ighiz Yar, May 18, 1874. 
°- 1746. Yarkand, May 15-20, 1874. 
Colonel Biddulph shot this species at Dras and Sonamarg in July 1874. 
Order PTEROCLETES. 
Eamily PTEROCLILLE. 
Genus SYRRHAPTES. 
• SYRRHAPTES tibetanus. 
Syrrhaptes tibetanus, Gould ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 279 (1873) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s 
Orn. Misc. ii. p. 384 (1877); Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 71. 
? 0- 772. Chagra, September 9, 1873. 
0s - 797, 798, 799. Gogra, September 25, 1873. 
at p ^ le Allowing note has been sent by Colonel Biddulph : — “ I first saw this Sand-Grouse 
ab T’ 13 ' 5 a *" J an elevation of 15,000 feet, where it was common and tame. It was flying 
I ° u * flocks of from three to ten individuals, on the hillside above the camp. In getting 
° tlle Changchemno Valley again, at an elevation of about 15,000 feet, I saw a few, but did 
^ again notice any Sand-Grouse during our journey, except that I saw some flying overhead 
h] . A Member, between Khushtagh and Oi-tograk (4000 feet) ; and until the day we left Yangi- 
See Sai ' 5 9 11 March the 21st, and crossed a sandy plain (4000 feet) towards Ighiz Yar, I failed to 
a specimen of that species. This may have been S. paradoxus .” 
D r A is P r °fi a bly to this species, and not to Pterocles arenarim, that the following note of 
<£^ cull y’s refers “ While I was at Yarkand, I often heard of a bird called by the natives 
^es > w bich was said to inhabit sandy desert ground, and often gravelly steppes. It was 
Tr H e d as somew bat smaller than a Chicore, of a yellowish-brown colour, like the back of a 
, <S ^° Ve ’ and having the legs feathered and the three toes partially joined together. The 
' was sa M to breed in the country, and its blood was reputed a specific for con- 
birds ° n ‘ tllc at b August I first saw this bird near Besharik in open desert ground : two 
Point l0Se a l0Dg vvay before I saw them on the ground, and, as it was after sunset, the only 
Di^ s b learnt about them were that they were very wild, had long pointed wings, a powerful 
b ’ and made a clacking noise like tale, talc, tub, frequently repeated. 
