471 
Birds of the Zarafschari Basin . 
140. Turtur ferrago. 
Turtur ferr ago Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. 401. 
$. Hissar Mts. 24 June, 1908. Nos. 579, 596, 604. 
This Dove takes the place of T. communis in the high 
mountains. It is confined to an area of from 8030 to 
10,000 ft. 
141. Turtur cambayensis. 
Turtur cambayensis Salvad. Cat. B. xxi. p. 452. 
(f . Samarkand. Sept., Oct., Nov., 1907. Nos. 34,65,188. 
? . ,, Sept., Nov., 1907. Nos. 35, 189. 
A common resident in the cultivated regions from 600 ft. 
to 3000 ft. It is very tame and confiding, and is always to 
be seen in the courtyards of the native houses. 
Severtzoff: only mentions Turtur senegalensis, but all my 
specimens belong to the nearly allied T. cambayensis , having 
the rump like the back—earthy-brown. Numbers 34 and 
65, however, have the rump partly earthy-brown and partly 
bluish. 
142. Pterocles arenarius. 
Pterocles arenarius Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 19. 
$. Samarkand. 21 Nov., 1907. No. 199. 
$ . „ „ No. 200. 
This Sandgrouse is common on the steppes from 600 ft. up 
to 2500 ft. 
143. Pterocles alchata. 
Pteroclurus alchata Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. xxii. p. 7. 
£. Samarkand. 30 April, 1908. No. 385. 
$ . Bokhara. 22 March, 1908. No. 305. 
In spring I saw incredible numbers of the Pin-tailed 
Sandgrouse passing Bokhara as if on migration. For manv 
days immense flocks of these birds crossed overhead con¬ 
tinually, going in a south-easterly direction. 
It appears that the Karshi steppes, S.E. of Bokhara, are 
the first to become green in the spring, and thither the 
native shepherds drive their valuable flocks of Kara-Kul or 
f Astrakhan 9 sheep. It seems that the Sandgrouse also 
