Birds of the Zarafschan Basin. 459 
. 100 miles north of Samarkand. 3 Jan., 1908. No. 
262. 
A rare winter visitor to Zarafschan. 
83. Turdus atrigularis. 
Tardus atrigularis Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 267. 
8 s . 
Samarkand. 
6 Feb., 1908. 
No. 272. 
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7 Oct., 1907. 
No. 54. 
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25 Oct., 1907. 
No. 121. 
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11 Oct., 1907. 
No. 64. 
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2 Feb., 1908. 
No. 271. 
This Thrush arrives in the Zarafschan Valley in immense 
numbers during the month of October. It is fairly common 
all the winter in the cultivated areas, but by the end of 
February the birds have left on their northern migration. 
Although many winter in the neighbourhood of Samarkand, 
the majority pass further southwards. The strongest 
migration across the valley takes place during the middle of 
October, southwards; and during the middle of March, 
northwards. 
84. Turdus merula. 
Merula merula Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 235. 
$. Samarkand. 16 Nov., 1907. No. 184. 
$. „ 22, 26 Dec., 1907. Nos. 252, 254. 
The Blackbird is rare in the cultivated districts and I 
only saw it in winter. SevertzofF mentions it as breeding in 
the northern part of Turkestan, and these are probably the 
birds that winter in the Zarafschan Valley. The wing- 
measurements are remarkably long, namely, 5*38, 5*25, and 
5*20 inches. 
85. Accentor atrigularis. 
Accentor atrigularis Sharpe, Cat. B. vii. p, 656. 
9 . Samarkand. 18 Jan., 6 Feb., 1908. Nos. 266, 273. 
Sex doubtful. Samarkand. 18 Jan., 1908. No. 267. 
I only once came across this Accentor, during a very hard 
spell of snowy weather in January. The birds were feeding 
on the ground in a poplar grove, when I shot them. 
