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killed bird, and the first quill may not have been fully grown ; 
tail short, and a little forked, the middle and exterior rec- 
trices 4/", shorter than the 3rd, which is the longest. Length 
4! 715!" extent 7-7" 6!", wing 2! 34!"2"' 5", tail 1! 7"1" gM", 
tarsus 7!-71!", middle toe 44!", culmen 4!” in the male, and 
32" in the female; breadth of the bill at the nostrils 14”, 
height #7? 
He further remarks that this form is subject to extreme 
variation, both as regards the wing and the bill, and adds 
that Mr. Meves, after having compared his specimens, iden- 
tified them with his P. middendorffi (which = P. viridanus, 
as I can positively state, having compared Mr. Meves’s spe- 
cimens with examples from India). This species, Dr. Severt- 
zoff writes (/.c.), “was found by me throughout the Thian- 
shan and Karatau, viz. the variety intermedia in the valley of 
Cora, near Copal, in the Alexander Mountains, not far from 
Aulje-ata, and at Karatau; but this form is rare. The var. 
hypolania, and specimens intermediate between this and the 
other, were more numerous in the Karatau and at the foot 
of the Thianshan range; both forms frequented grass-steppes 
in the plains or at the foot of the mountains.” 
144. Puy.ioscorus 1npicus (Jerdon). 
Ficedula obscura, Severtzoff, pp. 65, 124. 
Horizontal range. Breeds and is found on passage in dis- 
tricts I., II., III., and IV. 
Vertical range. Is found on passage in districts 2 and 3, 
breeds in district 4, and occurs in summer in district 5. 
145. Puy.uoscopus Tristis (Blyth). 
Ficedula fulvescens, Severtzoff, pp. 65, 126. 
Horizontal range. Common during passage in districts L., 
II., III., and IV. 
Vertical range. Occurs on passage in districts 1 and 2. 
At page 126 Severtzoff gives a detailed description, which 
I need not reproduce, as I have compared and identified his 
specimens. He further writes as follows :—“ This bird is only 
a migrant in Turkestan, as also on the lower and central Ural 
and the Kirghis steppes. It has been obtained for the Mos- 








