from the v'lcimty of Muscat. 165 



to find that the Babbling Thrush of the Muscat district is 

 A. sqnttmiceps and not A. huttoni, which is the species inha- 

 biting Persia. 



Lanius fallax, Finsch ; Gadow^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. 

 p. 247. 



No. 22. Two specimens^ which appear to agree with 

 those determined by Dr. Gadow as L. fallax in the British 

 Museum. One similar specimen was sent from Fao by 

 Mr. D. W. Gumming. 



MoTAciLLA ALBA, L. ; Sliarpe^ Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 454. 

 Nos. 13, 17. Tw^o specimens in winter plumage. 



Galerita cRisTATA, L. ; Humc, Stray F. 1879, p. 139. 

 No. 27. Two specimens. 



Merops muscatensis, Sharpe, antek, p. 15. 

 M. affinis M. cyanophryi, sed rostro minore et linea super- 



ciliari viridi-cyanea nee Isete cyanea distinguenda. Long. 



tot. 7*5, culmen 1*0, alee 3*75, caudee 3'7, tarsi 0'35. 

 No. 15. This is a very interesting new form of Bee-eater, 

 intermediate between M. v?ridis and M. cyanophrys. In its 

 blue throat and eyebrow it resembles the latter species, as 

 might be expected, but the blue of these parts is greenish in 

 tint. The throat is paler and more verdigris-blue, the black 

 throat-spot is smaller, and the bill is shorter. Mr. Dresser 

 has kindly lent me his two specimens of M. cyanophrys, with 

 which to compare the Muscat bird. At the same time the 

 latter is approached by a Baluchistan example of M. viridis 

 which has a decidedly blue throat, but all the specimens of 

 M. viridis from India which show any blue on the throat 

 have only a green eyebrow, not even mixed with blue. Of 

 the two species, M. muscatensis must be compared with 

 M. cyanophrys rather than with M. viridis. 



CoRACiAs iNDicA, L. ; Humc, t. c. p. 85. 



No. 40. Two specimens. Both the birds sent agree 

 entirely with Indian examples. The British Museum has 

 also received a specimen from Fao, in the Persian Gulf, 

 presented by Mr. \V. D. Gumming. 



