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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Genus GALLINULA. 
344. Gallinula chloropus. 
Gallinula chloropus, L. ; Hume & Renders. Lahore to Yark. p. 293 (1873); Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn 
p. 89 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 192 (1876) ; Blauf. East. Persia, i’- 
p. 288 (1876); Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 94 (1878); Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 98; Sculljb 
ibid. p. 590. 
Stagnicola chloropus, Badde, Ornis, iii. p. 496 (1887). 
No. 170. Kashmir Lake, July 26, 1873. 
No. 237. Srinagar, August 1, 1873. 
Srinagar, August 5, 1873. 
The Water-hen was only met with by Dr. Henderson in Kashmir, where it was vci} 
plentiful about all the lakes, in which it was breeding in June. 
Dr. Scully’s note is as follows : — “ The Water-hen was tolerably common in the p ia ^ 
(of Turkestan) in summer, where it breeds ; it was never met with during the winter. ^ 
frequented jheels and swamps, running about with great ease on the fallen rushes 
on the surface of the water; it was often noticed flirting up its tail, and thus showing 
white feathers in it very conspicuously. The Turki name for this species is ‘ Kodan, ann 
sometimes called * Kharonah ’ (i. e. Kharun, Persian — a restive horse).” 
Genus RALLUS, 
345. Rallus aquaticus. 
Rallus aquaticus, L. ; Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 412; Scully, .. 
iv. p. 193 (1876) ; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 288 (1876) ; Hume & Marsb. Game Birds of 
p. 261 (1879) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 98 ; Scully, ibid. p. 591 ; Zarudn. Ois. Transcasp. p- db ( 
Scully, J. A. S. Beng. Ivi. p. 87 (1887) ; Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 89 ( 1H 
Dr. Scully observes: — “The Water-Rail was tolerably common near Yarkand ^ 
summer ; it was never observed in winter, hut some of the shikaris there said that the 
. it n**® 
was a permanent resident. It was found in marshes, among the rushes, where ^ 
said to breed. The Turki name for this species is * Yekan Tokhisi ,’ i.e. the Rush Eowl- 
Genus PORZAN A. 
346. Porzana RUSC A. 
Porzana fusca (L.) ; Hume & Marsb. Game Birds of India, ii. p. 217, pi. 38. fig. 2 (1879). 
Crex fusca (L.) ; Seebohm, B. Japan. Emp. p. 357 (1890). 
Nos. 207, 209. Srinagar, July 29, 1873. 
