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Observation details

[Approximate date and pinned location, deduced from the literature, text and the expedition's detailed itinerary.] "The first birds of this new species were obtained by us in Ala-shan, mountains. The autumnal migration takes place in October, in which we found it sparingly distributed throughout the Kan-su mountains" (Prjevalsky [= Przewalski], 1877, p. 176-177). A jpg of the illustration plate appears below. (Prjevalsky [= Przewalski], 1877, between pp. 174-175 ). The species was recorded between 20 September and 1 October 1871 in the "Ala-shan desert and mountains" (Prjevalsky [= Przewalski], 1878, p. 161). Prjevalsky [= Przewalski], N. (1877), ‘On the birds of Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the solitudes of Northern Tibet’, translated from Russian by E. Carl Craemers, in Rowley, G.D., ed. Ornithological miscellany, vol. 2, pp. 137-204, 271-320, & 379-438. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35519712 (page 137, title page of paper). Accessed 30 August 2025. Prjevalsky [= Przewalski], N. (1878), ‘On the Birds of Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the solitudes of Northern Tibet’, (Continued), translated from Russian by E. Carl Craemers, in Rowley, G.D., ed. Ornithological miscellany, vol. 3, pp. 47-53, 87-110, & 145-162. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35041385 (page 47, continuation of paper from volume 2). Accessed 30 August 2025.