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"A single specimen of this remarkable bird was obtained on the 10th of September, on the Yärkand plains, at Koshtak, an oasis in the desert, where a few fields of peas, barley, and wheat fringe for a breadth of a few hundred yards a small stream that further on loses itself in the desert. For a distance of from twelve to twenty miles in either direction an absolute desert of shifting sand and gravel stretches away to the horizon. Numerous small birds frequented these isolated fields, where the Common Swallow too was particularly numerous, but of the species now under consideration only a single individual, a female, was procured. [G. Н.]" (Henderson and Hume, 1873, p. 218) Attached illustration appears between pp. 218-219 of the above-cited publication. "Dr. Henderson writes: 'A single specimen of this remarkable bird was obtained on the 10th of September on the Yarkand plains at Khushtagh [note that this is 'Koshtak' in Henderson's original account], an oasis in the desert, where a few fields of peas, barley, and wheat fringe for a breadth of a few hundred yards a small stream that further on loses itself in the desert. For a distance of from twelve to twenty miles in either direction an absolute desert of shifting sand and gravel stretches away to the horizon. Numerous small birds frequented these isolated fields, where the Common Swallow, too, was particularly numerous, but of the species now under consideration only a single individual, a female, was procured.'" (Sharpe, 1891: 82) The location on the attached map was written "Koshtok" (Hayward,1870, map between pp. 33-34). References: Henderson, G. and Hume, A. O. (1873) Lahore to Yārkand: incidents of the route and natural history of the countries traversed by the expedition of 1870, under T. D. Forsyth London: L. Reeve. Sharpe, R.B. (1891) Scientific Results of The Second Yarkand Mission [1873-1874]: Based upon the collections and notes of the late Ferdinand Stoliczka, PhD. London: Taylor and Francis. Hayward, G. W. (1870) Journey from Leh to Yarkand and Kashgar, and Exploration of the Sources of the Yarkand River. in The journal of the Royal Geographic Society (1870), vol. 40, pp. 33-166. London: John Murray.