AYES. 
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PORZANA PUSILLA. 
P°i'zana pygmaa (nec Naum.) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 293 (1873) ; Scully, Str. F. iv. 
P- 193 (1876) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 98. 
u linula pygrtuBo, (nec Naum.), Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873). 
orzana bailloni (V.) ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 413; Hume & Marsh. Game Birds of India, ii. p. 203, 
P 1 - 33 (1879) ; Scully, Ibis, 1881, p. 590; C. Swinh. Ibis, 1882, p. 123 ; Scully, J. A. S. Beng. lvi. 
P- 88 (1887). 
' lygometra pygmcea, Prjev. in Rowley’s Orn. Misc. iii. p. 94 (1878). 
J lygometra bailloni, Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (2) Zool. v. pt. 3, p. 90 (1889). 
orzana pusilla (Pall.); Grant, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) v. p. 80 (1890). 
rex Pusilla (Pall.) ; Seebohm, B. Japan. Emp. p. 355 (1890). 
V °' 80S - Aktagh, October 13, 1873. 
s Henderson, obtained a specimen near Shahidula. Dr. Scully writes: — ■“ A single 
of j lnieu species was obtained in marshy ground near the city of Yarkand on the 29th 
there » e ‘ It WaS not at a11 common near Yarkand ; but it is probable that a few birds breed 
PORZANA MARUETTA. 
P °rzana maruetta (Leach) ; Hume & Henders. Lahore to Yark. p. 293 (1873); Dresser, Ibis, 1876, 
P- 413 ; Scully, Str. F. iv. p. 193 (1876) ; Blanf . East. Persia, ii. p. 288 (1876) ; Hume & Marsh. Game 
Birds of India, ii. p. 213, pi. 37 (1879) ; Bidd. Ibis, 1881, p. 98 ; Scully, ibid. p. 590; id. J. A. S. 
Beng. lvi. p . 88 (i 8 87). 
a inula porzana, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 69 (1873). 
0n ,-A s j n gle specimen of this species was obtained by Dr. Henderson at the Karatagh Lake 
a]1(1 10 Karakoram, at an elevation of over 16,000 feet. “ This was on the 24th of September, 
else 1 10 ^ lrtl Was P r °hably on its way southwards. It could not possibly have been anything 
Vestio^ a Casu ‘K victor, as the lake lay in perfectly bare shingle, and there was scarcely a 
s aincfr ve S e tation anywhere about. The bird was easily caught by the hand, and at the 
aiiR 0 j - 1 - 116 anc ^ piacc, as already mentioned, a Common Quail was captured. This lake lies 
hetw! ai ^ ie m °st direct route as the crow flies between Yarkand plains and Leb, and 
jj 11 ^ 1G neares t points respectively of the Karakash and Shyok.” 
terub 1 8cu iiy also procured a specimen of the Spotted Crake at Toghrasu on the 21st Sep- 
G j > ’ ele vation 11,265 feet. The bird was probably migrating southwards. 
obta - ir - Kume adds a note “ It is very remarkable that the only specimen of this Hail 
just 59 ^ ^ K 1 ’- Henderson was caught at the Karatagh Lake, at an elevation of 16,000 feet, 
Aiiles south of Toghrasu, on the 24th of September.” 
