Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Bushire. 497 



26. Lanius collurio, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 137. 



a. (^ specimen. Bushire^ April 20, 1885. 



27. Lanius auriculatus, Miill.; Blanf. t. c. p. 138. 

 An adult bird. Bushire April, 1885. 



28. HiRUNDo RUSTicA, L. ; Sharpe, o/?. cit. x. p. 128 ; 

 Blanf. t. c. p. 215. 



Bushire (no date) . " Two specimens with eggs.^' 



29. HiRUNDO RUFULA, Temm. ; Sharpe, op. cit. x. p. 128 ; 

 Blanf. t. c. p. 215. 



Two specimens. Bushire (no date). '' With eggs. ■'^ 



30. MoTACiLLA ALBA, L. ; Sharpc, op. cit. x. p. 457 ; 

 Blanf. t. c. p. 232. 



Male and female. Bushire, Feb. 1885. 



31. MoTACiLLA FLAVA, L. j Sharpc, op. cit. X. p. 516; 

 Blanf. /. c. p. 233. 



Two males. Bushire, April 4, 1885. Shot in corn-field. 

 Adult birds of the ordinary form {cf. Sharpe, t. c. p. 680). 



32. Anthus campestris (L.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 237. 

 Male. Bushire, March 1885. 



33. Alauda arvensis, L.; Blanf. t. c. p. 239. 

 Female. Bushire, Jan. 27, 1885. 



The eastern pale form, which is found in Palestine. 



34. Melanocorypha bimaculata (Menetr.) ; Blanf. t. c. 

 p. 244. 



Female. Bushire, Jan. 27, 1885. 



35. Gymnorhis flavicollis (Frankl.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 256. 



Male and female. Bushire, April 1885. 



36. Emberiza miliaria, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 257. 



Two males. Bushire, Feb. 25, 1885. — Male. Bushire, 

 March 2, 1885. 



All three specimens belong to the paler eastern form 

 which is found in Persia. 



37. Emberiza cinerea, StrickL 

 Female. Bushire, March 27, 1885. 



Apparently a young female of the previous year, as the 



