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Vertical range. Occurs on passage in district 2, and breeds 
in district 3. 
139. Sytvia mystacea, Mén.; Severtzoff, p. 65. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in districts III. and IV. 
Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1 and 2. 
Dr. Severtzoff assures me that he has good reason to be- 
lieve that Ménétriés’s S. mystacea is really specifically distinct 
from S. subalpina, although Ménétriés himself afterwards con- 
sidered them to be identical. I have therefore treated S. 
mystacea as a distinct species, although I have doubts as to 
the propriety of so doing. 
140. Sytvia nana (Ehr.). . 
Atraphornis aralensis (Eversm.) ; Severtzoff, pp. 65, 124. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 
Vertical range. Breeds commonly in district 1, and is found, 
though rarely, in summer in district. 2. 
At page 124 Dr. Severtzoff writes as follows :—“ I may add 
that the iris of this species is yellow. It does not frequent 
the reeds, but the most arid desert places, which are covered 
with bushes of Haloxylon ammodendron or Atraphazxis, where 
it runs about on the ground and picks up small insects. The 
generic term Atraphornis I have given to this bird on ac- 
count of its predilection for the latter plant ; and I separate 
it from Salicaria on account of its habits, its white legs, yel- 
low iris, and sharp bill. The young differ from the old 
birds only by having the plumage softer, and are a little 
lighter.” 
He further describes a species (at p. 121) under the name 
of Atraphornis platyura, which he now informs me is identical 
with Drymeca inquieta, Riipp., which stands under the name ~ 
of Drymeca gracilis (Licht.). This species, he says, “ does 
not occur in Turkestan, but in the south-western part of Tur- 
comania. In 1859 it was found on the western shores of the 
Caspian.” ; 
141. AEDoN FAMILIARIS, Mén. 
Aedon galactodes, var. familiaris, Severtzoff, p. 65. 
Horizontal range. Breeds im districts III. and LV. 




