AYES. 
143 
. ^ r - Henderson says that this species was common in the marshes in the immediate 
aei ghbourhood of Yarkand. Dr. Scully shot two specimens in October, in marshy ground, 
of Yarkand, where it was common. It is said by him to breed in Eastern Turkestan, 
heating in winter towards India. Called by natives of Khokand, “ Kugnak” 
^35. Trixga alpina. 
T ^ in 9 a cinclus, Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 187 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 283 (1876). 
r .^ n y a a, I J ina, L. ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411 ; Seebohm, Geogr. Distr. Charadr. p. 425 (1888). 
lnn, J<i variabilis, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873). 
^ >r " Scully says : — “ This species was obtained at ICashghar, where it was not very 
ttton, in October. It is said to breed in Eastern Turkestan and to disappear entirely in 
111 er ’ m igrating, it is believed, to India.” 
336 - Thin 
GA TEMMINCKII. 
rp . 
' n "J a temminckii (Leisl.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 289 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. 
p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 411; Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 90 (1878) ; Bidd. 
Ibis, 1881, p. 96 ; Scully, t. c. p. 589 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 70 (1885). 
°- 633, cj , Leh, September 5, 1873. — Bill greenish at base, blackish towards the tip ; 
leet greenish, dusky on the toes. Length 5 - 75 inches, wing 4'0, tail D8, tarsus 0 - 7o. 
t °sA> 15, 654. Leh, September 7-9, 1873. 
°- '64. Lukung, September 20, 1873. 
' °- 862. Gidjik, October 24, 1873. 
0s - 1705, 1712, 1714. Yarkand, May 22, 1874. 
above^. mentions in his ‘ Diary ’ that he found “ a little Tringa,” which should be the 
ever s Pf cles » breeding in a jheel near Yarkand on the 22nd of May. The only eggs, how- 
Rj ( l j 110,1 I could find in the collection appear to he those of JEgialitis clubia. Colonel 
c 11 ph shot a specimen at Leh (11,000 feet) on the 7th of September. 
W MINUTA. 
^ • 
ln y a minuta, Leisl. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 410 ; Blanf. East. 
Persia, ii. p. 034 (J876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 96 ; Scully, t. c. p. 588 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. 
P- 70 (1885). 
At 
S- 10o3, 1079, 1080. Yarkand, November 21-28, 1873. 
ggg Genus SCOLOPAX. 
COLOPAX KUSTICTTLA. 
hjpax rusticola, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 282 (1876); 
s Dresse L Ibis, 1876, p. 330. 
v- ° ° pax msticula, Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 95 ; Scully, t. c. p. 588 ; id. J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 87 (1887). 
°- 1000. Yarkand, November 11, 1873. 
