AYES. 
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seen ^ a * au elevation of between 15,000 and 16,000 feet. Later, in October, they were 
bi'eecl 11 f 6 ^ n ^ US ’ near heir, an d a t Kargil, also in Ladak. Probably this species does not 
,. ar sou tl ) as Yarkand, and the birds seen on the return journey were doubtless 
° ^heir winter-quarters in Hindostan.” 
Nove i' eu %’ s n °te is as follows : — “ The Common Teal was only obtained at Kaslighar in 
be<*h • 61 * ’^ u ghuckak near Yarkand, by Mr. Shaw, in January, and at Beshkant in the 
given f °f February. I was told that it migrated northwards to breed. The Turki name 
^ork l) 1 ' tU !' S s i 3ec3es was 4 Ala bash kurak aurdak ,’ which means the 4 Mottle-headed Patch- 
CIRCIA. 
^ U BRQxjeI)TJLA 
q ° S y ue "J ue dula, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873). 
er( juedula circia, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 419; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876) ; Scully, Str. P. iv. 
j 1 ' (1376) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 103 (1878) ; Bitld. Ibis, 1881, p. 100 ; C. Swinh. 
is, 1882, p. 125 ; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 76 ; Menzb. Ibis, 1885, p. 358. 
circia, Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593. 
No fi5o 
]y o ' * 5 5 • Leh, September 9, 1873. 
No ^ ' hamsal, September 23, 1873. 
' Ia26 > c? . Punjab, April 14-23, 1874. 
says ^° ne \ -^iddulph shot a male in breeding-plumage on the 8th of May, 1874, and he 
that thi s m 1 ^ WaS tlie ° nly occas i° n on which he observed the species. Dr. Scully states 
nam e ^ l ea ^ was common near Yarkand, in summer, where it doubtless breeds. The Turki 
given to it is “ Karak aurdak ,” or “ Patchwork Duck.” 
Genus DAPILA. 
80 °- D «n. A aouta. 
Dafii a CUfa> ^ evei ’tz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593. 
(L.j . Seull^ str. p. ; v . p . 2 00 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876) ; Dresser, Ibis, 
’ P‘ ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 101 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 100. 
in Mar C |fT lly,S Uote is as follows “ The Pintail Duck was occasionally seen near Yarkand 
catchers on ^ one specimen (a female) was obtained. Two experienced Yarkandi bird- 
pied, bla T 6 me ' he following information about this species : — The male bird is 4 ala,’ i. e. 
and ’ mi ° v and w hite ; it is a seasonal visitant only to Eastern Turkestan, arriving in spring, 
°f Marbll •' t0 htindosttm at the beginning of winter, and it breeds in the neighbourhood 
as ki, Laying from ten to twelve eggs. It is called in Turki 4 Cha sughsu aurdak .’ ” 
301 Ch Genus CHAULELASMUS. 
Ch AUL]j]IjASMUS STREPERTJS. 
*^ 410 1 US Stre P erus ( L -) 1 Hume & Headers. Lahore to Yark. p. 296 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, 
p , ’ thjev. iu Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 105 (1878) ; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds of India, iii. 
Anas S f r ’ fh (1880) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. p. 91 (1889). 
Ibises 0 ' Severtz - Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876) ; C. Swinh. 
5 P- 124; Menzb. Ibis, 1885, p. 357; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 88 (1887)- 
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