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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



No. I.— A NEW TORTOISE FROM TRAVANCOEE. 



I see that in the description Mr. Boulenger gives of " A new tortoise from 

 Travancore," he says he received the two living specimens, from which he drew 

 it up, from Major Dawson. This is a mistake, as they were procured and sent 

 by Mr. T. F. Bourdillon, Conservator of Forests, at my request. 



With reference to the height to which these tortoises ascend the hills, Mr. 

 Bourdillon informs me that my impression that 1,000 ft. was the limit is wrong, 

 as he has found them at Permerd at 3,000 ft. 



HAROLD S. FERGUSON. 



No. II.— THE BIRDS OF CHITRAL. 



In May 190-1 the Society received a most interesting series of bird skins 

 collected by Capt. G. A. Perreau in Chitral, which, following on those collected 

 by Capt. H. Fulton (see Vol. XVI, pp. 44 and 744), will probably be found 

 to make the list for that region fairly complete. The doubtful species were 

 identified by me at the British Museum (Natural History). 



The following 22 species were included in Capt. Perreau's collection which 

 were not in Capt. Fulton's list, viz.: — 



(530) Stumm porphyronotus, The Central-Asian Starling. 



(557) Muscicapa grisola, The Spotted Flycatcher. 



(618) Saxicola picata, The Pied Chat. 



(620) „ opistholeuca, Strickland's Chat. 



(624) „ (Bnanthe, The Wheatear Chat. 



(628) „ chrysopygia, The Red-tailed Chat. 



(642) Rut/cilia erylhronota, Everstnann's Redstart. 



(644a) * „ phmiicura. This is the first authentic specimen of this 



Redstart that has been recorded from British India, and it can 

 consequently now take its definite place in the list of Indian birds. 



(651) Calliope pectoralis, The Himalayan Ruby-throat. 



(712) Accentor nepalensis, The Eastern Alpine Accentor. 



(717) Tharrhalensfulvescens, The Brown Accentor. 



(741) Pycnorhamphus icteroides, The Black and Yellow Grosbeak. 



(745) Pyrrhula auranliaca, The Orange Bullfinch. 



(763) Erythrospiza githaginea, The Desert-Finch. 



(774) Fringilla montif 'ring ilia. The Brambling. 



(792) Emberiza leucocephala , The Pine-Bunting. 



(795) Emberiza buchawmi, The Grey-necked Bunting. 



(813) Hirundo rmtica, The Swallow. 



(830) Motacilla hodgsoni, Hodgson's Pied Wagtail. 



(844) Anthus similis, The Brown Rock-Pipit. 



(865) Calandrella acutirostris, Hume's Short-toed Lark. 



(874) Galerita cristata, The Crested Lark. 



Bombay, December, 1904. E. COMBER, f.z.s. 



(This note was mislaid and is printed now for the purposes of record — Edp.) 



