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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Genus TOT AN US. 
326. Totanus canescens. 
Tutanus glottis, Hume & Hcnders. Lahore to Yark. p. 290 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1 8/ ’ 
Prjev. in Rowley’s Orm Misc. iii. p. 88 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 97 ; Scully, t. c. p. o 8 ^- 
Totanus canescens, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 189 (1876) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411. 
No. 604. Leh, August 31, 1873. 
No. 740. East of Tanksi, September 18, 1873. 
Dr. Henderson obtained a specimen on tlie 1st of September close to the city of Y ar v< 
itself. j^s 
Dr. Scully observes : — “The Yarkandi bird-catchers give the following account o ^ 
species : It is always found either near running water or near pools and swamps ; it disapP^^ 
entirely in winter, but breeds in Eastern Turkestan in summer ; the nest is placed m n£Lta e 
grass in the midst of water and the eggs are nearly as large as a pigeon’s. The Turki ^ ^ 
for the Greenslianks is ‘ Mashak yanigfmrchi ,’ which may be rendered in Erench bv 
pluvier.’ ” 
327. Totanus cauidris. 
F. 
Totanus calidris, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 412; Scully* ^igyS) i 
p. 189 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 285 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii- P- ^ 
Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 97 ; Scully, ibid. p. 589. 
No. 1017. Yarkand, November 13, 1873. 
No. 1025. Yarkand, November 14, 1873. 
No. 1049. Yarkand, November 23, 1873. 
No. 1809. Karghalik, May 29, 1874. 
No. 1813. Karghalik, May 29, 1874. — With the eggs. . 
nhta ineci 
Dr. Scully gives the following note : — “ The first specimen of the Redshank was o ^ 
at Kashghar in November, where it was tolerably common. After that it was not niet 
until March ; and in May and June this species swarmed everywhere near water in the ^ 
of Yarkand. The bird was also found in the valley of the Karakash towards the e 
August.” o9tll of 
Dr. Stoliczka found it breeding near Yarkand on the 22nd of May, and on the y^ r [s. 
May, writing from Karghalik, notes in his ‘ Diary ’ : — “I also found the nest of Totanus cct 
a very loose structure of old grass or dry reeds, in water about a foot deep; nest wi 
eggs. 
Young fully developed and would have been hatched in a couple of days. 
328. Totanus fuscus. nrtR \ . 
985 
Totanus fuscus (L.) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873); Blanf. East. Persia, u. P- " 
Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411 ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 88 (1878). 
No. 1600. Sarikol, May 9, 1874. , „ 0 f 
A specimen putting on the lull black plumage, but still with considerable lCltia 
winter plumage. 
