162 Mr. R. B. Sliarpe on Birds 



to bestow on it the title of Pericrocotus nanus. It belongs 

 to the P. flammeus group, and is most nearly allied to P. 

 exsul of Java. 



28. StURNIA VIOLACEA (252). 



Luzon, to which new, 



29. Calornis paxayensis (255). 

 Guimaras. Not previously recorded thence. 



30. Ardetta sinensis. 



Luzon. Not recorded before from Luzon. 



XXII. — On a Collection of Birds fi'om the vicinity of Muscat. 

 By U. BowDLER Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., Zoological 

 Department, British Museum of Natural History. 



(Plate VI.) 



For the collection here described the British Museum is 

 indebted to the kindness of Colonel Miles, and the 

 interest which attaches to any series of birds from a new 

 locality is certainly not wanting in the present instance. 

 The only information we possess up to the present concerning 

 the ornithology of this part of Arabia is contained in a short 

 reference in Mr. Hume^s diary of his expedition to Sind and 

 the Mekran coast (' Stray Feathers,' i. pp. 144-166). Mr. 

 Hume was at Muscat on the 22nd of February, 1872, and 

 stayed till the evening of the 24th. Beyond a few Gulls and 

 sea-birds, he found on shore only some Common Sandpipers, 

 Egyptian A-'ultures, Ospreys, Havens, Sparrows, Turtle-Doves, 

 and a Kingfisher ; but it was of course impossible for him 

 in such a short visit to get into the interior, where, however, 

 he was informed, there were many birds. We hope soon 

 to receive from Colonel Miles some further particulars as to 

 the exact localities where the specimens were procured, but 

 meanwhile I have thought it of some interest to give a list 

 of the species. 



Where the species have not been mentioned in the British 

 Museum ' Catalogue of Birds,' I have referred to Mr. Hume's 

 " List of Indian Birds," published in ' Stray Feathers ' for 



