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905. Gallinula chloropus. 



923. ArDEA CINEREA. 



936. botaurus stellaris. 



957. Spatula clypeata. 



958. Anas boscas. 



961. Chaulelasmus streperus. 



962. MaRECA PENELOPE. 

 964. QUERQUEDULA CRECCA. 

 969. FULIGULA NYROCA. 



The Ducks are only passengers through in the autumn and 

 spring. There is a marsh about a mile from the town, where 

 they frequently take twenty-four hours' rest on their way 

 to the plains. They never stay longer by any chance. On 

 their return journey very few rest here. 



975. podiceps minor. 



984. Hydrochelidon indica. 



986. Sterna hirundo. 



1005. Graculus carbo. " Jel Kawar.'' 



1007. Graculus javanicus. 



XLII. — Notes on a Collection of Birds from Lankoran. 

 By Henry Seebohm. 

 An opportunity of examining a collection of 600 skins of 

 birds from the vicinity of Lankoran, on the southern shores 

 of the Caspian, enables me to add several species to the list of 

 Persian birds, and to make some corrections in geographical 

 distribution. 



Aquila n^via. 



Four examples of the Spotted Eagle belong to the larger 

 of the two European forms, and would be regarded as 

 A. clanga by those ornithologists who separate them. 



BUTEO MENETRIESI. 



Eight Buzzards vary in length of wing from 16 to 15 



