47 4 On the Birds of the Zarafschan Basin. 
2. Ampelts garkulus Linn. 
Samarkand. 5 Feb., 1908. 
3. Ligurinus chloris (Linn.). 
Samarkand. 4 March, 1908. 
4. Melanocorypha yeltoniensis Forst. 
Large flocks of this Lark were observed near the Sea of 
Aral in August. 
5. Hirundo rustica Linn. 
Arrives in Samarkand in the middle of April. A summer 
visitor only. 
6. Cypselus apus (Linn.). 
7. Gyps fulvus (Gmel.). 
8. Neophron percnopterus (Linn.). 
Common round Samarkand. 
9. Gypaetus barbatus (Linn.). 
Ilissar Mts. Not seen lower than 7000 ft. 
10. Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.). 
Samarkand. 11 Jan., 1908. 
11. Falco cherrug Gray. 
Samarkand. 15 Dec., 1907. 
12. Bubo turcomanus Eversm. 
Oil several occasions I heard Eagle Owls at night in the 
hills near Samarkand, and once I saw a pair on the tamarisk- 
covered sand-hills between Bokhara and the Oxus. Accord¬ 
ing to Severtzoff they range from the Bokharan deserts up 
to the Pamirs. 
13. Phcenicopterus roseus Pall. 
Samarkand. 4 Nov., 1907. 
14. Anas boscas Linn. 
Bokhara. 4 Dec., 1907. Very numerous in winter. 
15. Ardea alba Linn. 
Samarkand. Nov., 1907. 
