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of the Arpalak and Sanju streams. Further up, in the mountains, it was seen daily along 
hanks of the Karakash river and on small swamps near that stream. The occurrence of th e 
young bird, noted above, at Gulgun Shah seems to prove that this species breeds in Eastern 
Turkestan.” 
Genus HIM ANTOPUS. 
332. ITimantoptjs meeanopterus. 
Ilypsibates hirnantopus, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. G9 (1873). 
Himantopus intermedins, Blyth ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 190 (1876). 
Hirnantopus Candidas, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 286 (1876); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 329; Pi’j eV ‘ 11 
Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 89 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 99 ; Scully, ibid. p. 590 ; id. J. A. S. R 611 * 
lvi. p. 87 (1887). 
Dr. Scully writes : — ■“ The Stilt is a seasonal visitant to the plains of Eastern Turkestan* 
where it breeds. It arrives in May and probably leaves about the end of September ; it 
never seen in winter. Near Yarkand in summer the birds were found in enormous numh elS ’ 
frequenting small salt pools, little lakes, and marshy ground. In June I noticed that "' u< ^ 
these birds were disturbed they used to hover over one and could therefore be very eaS ^ 
shot. The cry of this bird is a kind of plaintive, but shrill sound, something like crele, cl °y 
in flying about they were often mixed up with the Terns, Sterna fluviatilis and Ste r lil 
minuta. The Turki name for this species is ‘ Kakhshal pachalc,’ ‘ Stilt ’ (?) leg.” 
Genus MACHETES. 
333. Machetes pugnax. 
Philomachus pugnax (L.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 287 (1873). qtq 
Machetes pugnax, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 410 ; Bidd. Ibis, ^ 
p. 96 ; Scully, t. c. p. 588 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 70 (1885) ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng- b** 
(1887). 
Tring a pugnax, Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 284 (1876). 
No. 1524. Panjah, April 14-23, 1874. 
Dr. Henderson states that this species was very common in the immediate neighboui 
of the city of Yarkand, where they undoubtedly breed. 
Genus TRINGA. 
334. TRINGA S1IBARQUATA. 
Tringa subarquata (Gm.) ; Hume & Headers. Lahore to Yark. p. 288 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. - 
p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 187 (1876) ; Blanf. East. 
p. 284 (1876) ; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 90 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p- 96 ; a 
Ois. Transcasp. p. 70 (1885). 
No. 830. Upper Karakash, October 1873 ( Colonel Biddulpli). 
