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13. Pica pica. 



Pica pica (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iii. p. 62 (1877). 



Pica bactriana, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 550 (1856-58). 

 Pica caudatu, var. bactriana, Scvertz. t. c. p. 64; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 238. 



Pica rustica, Blanf. t. c. p. 264 ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 63 ; Barnes, Str. F. 1880, ix. p. 218 ; 

 C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. Ill; Scully, t.c. p. 85. 



1. ?. Koaja-palounda, Badghis. otli December, 1881. 



2. ?. Ab-i-kamarra, Badghis. 9th December, 1884. 



These belong to the white-rumped ordinary form, and not to the black-rumped P. 

 bactriana. 



14. Pica leucoptera. 



I^ca leucoptera, Gould; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iii. p. 66 (1877). 



1. ? . Khusan, Ilari-rud. 20th November, 1884. 



The presence of this Magpie on the Hari-rud is certainly interesting. It was procured 

 on the west side of the Paropamisus, Avhich separates the Badghis territory from the 

 Hari-rud valley. To reach this latter locality one must suppose that tli« Turkestan 

 Magpie migrated across the desert of Merv, and then followed the valley along the Hari- 

 rud, as the Badghis specimens might hav^ been naturally expected to be Pica leucoptera, 

 instead of being identical with ordinary Fica pica. 



Fam. MUSCICAPID^E. 



15. MUSCICAPA GRISOLA. 



Muscicapa grisola (Jj.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iv. p. 151 (1879); Severtz. t.c. p. 07 ; Dresser, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 188 ; Blanford, t. c. p. 143 ; C. Swiuhoc, Ibis, 1882, p. 104. 

 Butalis grisola, Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 53. 



1. ? . Between Chil-gaz and Sim-koh, Badghis. 17th May, 1885. 



16. MUSCICAPA PARVA. 



Muscicapa parva, Bechst. ; Sharpe, Cat. Bii-ds, iv. p. 161 (1879) ; Severtz. /. c. p. 67 ; Dresser, Ibis. 

 1886, p. 188. 



Enjthrosterna parva, Blanford, t. c. p. 141; Scully, t.c. p. 80. 



1, 2, 3. S ■ Gulran, Badghis. 23rd March, 1885. 

 4, 5, 6. (J. Tirphul, Hari-rud. 12th April, 1885. 



7. (J,imm. „ „ 19th April, 1885. 



8. ? . Kambao, Badghis. 1st May, 1885. 



No. 7 is in brown (female) plumage, but has the throat washed with red, much brighter 

 than in any female. This shows that the male does not gain his full plumage in tlie first 

 year. 



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