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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Two Gadwalls were killed by Dr. Henderson on the 31st of October at Ganderbal m 
Kashmir, and many others were seen at the same time. They were not previously noticed. 
Genus SPATULA. 
302. Spatula clypeata. 
Anas clypeata, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873) ; id. Ibis, 1883, p. 76. . 
Spatula clypeata, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 340; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 301 (1876); Scully, Str. • j v 
p. 199 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 105 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 99; Scu D 
ibid. p. 592; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds of India, iii. p. 142, pi. 19 (1880) ; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1 ' 
p. 124; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 72 (1885) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. )>• 91 
No. 1171, $ . Kashghar, December 20, 1873. 
No. 1174, ? . Kashghar, December 22, 1873. 
No. 1448, c? . Tashkiirghan, March 31, 1874. 
No. 1530. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 
Dr. Scully writes : — “ Two specimens of the Shoveller, a female and a male, 
preserved at Kashghar in November and December. According to Yarkandi accounts v 
few of these birds remain in the country during the winter, the vast majority of 1 ^ 
migrating to India. They breed during the summer in the north of Kashgharia, about ^ 
neighbourhood of Maralbashi, and are said to collect for a short time near Yarkand, ) v 
the cold sets in, previous to their migration southwards. The Turki name for the sp cd cS 
given as c Kanalc aurdah .’ ” 
Genus FULIGULA. 
303. Euligula eerina. 
Fuligula ferina, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 420; ^ 
Persia, ii. p. 302 (1876). 
Aythya ferina, Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Mise. iii. p. 106 (1878). 
No. 1442, ? . Tashkurghan, March 31, 1874. 
Genus NYROCA. 
304. Nyroca eerruginea. 
Fuligula leucophthalma, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 70 (1873). 
Nyroca ferruginea, Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 421. . ]g83, 
Fuligula nyroca, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 302 (1876) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 593; Severtz, This, 
p. 77; Menzbier, Ibis, 1885, p. 358; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 89 (1887). . } gO? 
Aythya nyroca (Guld.) ; Hume & Ilenders. Lahore to Yark. p. 297 (1873) ; Scully, Str. !• iv- I 
(1876). i 
Yarkan<n 
Dr. Scully says; — “This species is very common during the summer near 1 1 jt 
where it arrives about March, migrating again southwards at the beginning of wink 1 
breeds in Eastern Turkestan, laying in May or June, and is often seen flying about 
The Turki name for this Duck is ‘ Chiki (or Chikit) kanat aurdak,’ the word ‘ Chikd 
some reference to the white speculum edged with black.” 
Observed by Dr. Henderson in Kashmir (on the lakes in which it breeds) both 0 
upward and downward journey. 
