AYES. 
145 
Order FULICARLE. 
Family OTIDIDiE. 
Genus OTIS. 
3l2 ' °TIS TETRAX. 
tetrdsc, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 68 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 326; Scully, Str. F. iv. 
P- 184 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 287 (1876); Bicld. Ibis, 1881, p. 94; Scully, ibid. p. 586; 
Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 119; Severtz. Ibis, 1883, p. 72; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p. 67 (1885); 
Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 87 (1887). 
°' 5 . Yangihissar, November 30, 1873. — Length 17'5 inches, wing 10 ' 1 , tail 4 25, 
tarsus 5; expanse 35-5; bill from front 1, from gape 15; middle toe L7. Iris 
} ellow ; bill dusky borny above, paler about the middle of culmen, pale at sides 
and below; feet dusky horny, tarsi pale yellow horny. Wings reach within 1'2 inch 
of end of tail. 
Scully writes : — “A single specimen of the Little Bustard was obtained at Kashghar 
trorn°k' ni ' ier ’ ^ e t>ird is not at all common near Kashghar or Yarkand ; but on the road 
eh'U” '/ u p^ la tA to Sanju in August, I heard a good deal about it, and at Koshtak I had the 
s pec‘ C footprints of this bird pointed out to me on the sand. The Turki name for tnis 
les * s ' Kwn, tolehosi ,’ i. e. ‘ The Sand Fowl.’ ” 
Family BALLLDIE. 
343 
Genus FULICA. 
69 
-f 1 'Plica atra. 
Tt 7 * 
lCa aira > L. ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 293 (1873) ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 
1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 191 (1876); Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 289 
(1876) ; Pijfey. in Rowley’s Orn. M(isc. iii. p. 94 (1878) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 9/ ; Scully, ibid. p. 590 ; 
Y Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 122; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. p. 88 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. 
^ ( 2 ) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 90 (1889). 
■ 911. South of Sanju Pass, October 25, 1873. 
Wa s bp" ^° n< f ers on says that the Coot was not uncommon in the Lakes of Kashmir, where it 
lLdusn^ (1U ^' in May and ,Tune - After the Zoji-la was crossed it was only seen in the 
Mai'cb i Wr *tee : — “ The Coot is exceedingly common in the plains of Kashgliaria from 
; very few of the birds are to be seen during the winter. It is found on 
the waf S ^ ee ^ s ’ often near springs and small streams. When alarmed it scuds across 
r Ush Gs ^ e ^ 0m flying up, but flapping the surface of the water until it can hide among the 
and j u j ^ * s a -'- so a wonderfully good diver. This species breeds in Turkestan in May, June, 
J • The Turki name is ‘ Kashkaldak ,’ i. e. 1 Bald brow.’ ” 
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