50 Dr. O. Finsclds Ornithological Letters. 
where we successfully hunted the Argali sheep. Under the 
escort of Kirgises we were conducted to where a man 
possessed a Golden Eagle (Aquila fulva) trained to hunt foxes 
and wolves. 
Alauda tartarica was plentiful in the steppe, A. albigula 
and A. brachydactyla scarce. In the mountains we found 
Anas rutila, Petrocincla saxatilis, and a species of Ruticilla 
(? aurored) . From the Arcad we went to the large lake Ala-kul, 
by way of Sergiopol, where w T e arrived on the 7th of May, 
observing there for the first time Cuculus canorus and Hirundo 
rustic a —the white-vented form, the only one we met with 
during our voyage. The Ala-kul is the resort of thousands 
of water-fowl; but it is difficult to shoot them, owing to the 
density of the reeds on the margin of the water. The more 
interesting species we observed were Lams ichthyaetus , Tele - 
cams onocrotalus (?), Anas rufina , and other Ducks, such as 
Anas boschas , A. strep era, A. acuta, A. penelope, A. querque- 
dula, A. crecca, A. leucophthalma, &c. Anser cinereus was 
the only species of Goose we saw; and it had hatched its young 
on May the 9th. 
Ardea alba, Recurvirostra avocetta, Himantopus rufipes , 
and Grits cinerea were not rare, nor were Larus ridibundus 
and L. earns, or a species allied to it. 
Of small birds I saw Saxicola rubicola, numbers of Reed- 
Warblers, amongst them Calamoherpe locustella and the Black- 
capped Wagtail. I paid great attention to this last-named 
species throughout my journey. We first met with the grey¬ 
headed form ( Motacilla cinereocapilla); afterwards, near a 
place called Karakol, the true M. melanocephala, living to¬ 
gether with the former. Amongst the black-capped birds I 
also collected birds with the white superciliary stripe, a 
form which has also been separated specifically. On the 
Ala-kul M. melanocephala was most abundant, as also in the 
steppe region. Grey-headed birds, however, were nowhere 
absent. 
A Lark we obtained is apparently Alauda pispoletta. 
Turtur gelastes breeds on the steppe, where also we procured 
Turdus atrogularis , though the whole region is destitute of 
