82 DE. J. E. T. AITCHISOX OX THE ZOOLOGY OF 



76. Melanocorypha bimaculata. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Ml'd.) ; Blanford, East. Persia, ii. p. 244 (1876) ; Severtz. /. c. pp. 0)7, 143 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 187G, p. 183; C. Swiulioe, Ibis, 1882, p. 115; Scully, t.c. p. 84. 

 Calandrina torquata, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. jMus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 470 (1856-58). 



I. d ; 2. 5 . Between Sang-bar and Karcz-daslit. 8th November, 1884. 



3. d . Zind-i-jan. 15th November, 1884. 



4. $ . Between Asia-deh and Kar-o-bagh. 28th November, 1884. 



5. S • Between Aftao and Kara-kainta. 1st December, 1884. 



6. 6; 7. 5. Bala-morgliab, Badghis. 17th January, 1885. 



8. 2 . Between Mara-cliak and Ab-i-goshan. 17th February, 1885. 



9. ? ; 10. 2 . Gulrau, Badghis. 9th March, 1885. 



II. $. Gulrau, Badghis. 12th March, 1885. 

 12. S . „ „ 18th March, 1885. 



77. Certhilatjda desertorum. 



Certhilauda desertorum (Stanley) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 464 (1856-58) ; 

 Blanford, i. c. p. 210 (187G) ; Swiuhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 117. 

 1. J. Zagin. 5th November, 1884. 



Fam. STURNID^. 



78. Pastor roseus. 



Pastor roseus (L.) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 539 (1856-58) ; Blanford, t. c. 

 p. 267 ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. Ill ; Scully, t. c. p. 86. 



Sturtius )-oseus, Severtz. /. c. p. 04; Dre;sser, Ibis, 1875, p. 238. 



1, 2, 3. d ; 4, 5. ? . Tirphul, Hari-rud. 13th April, 1885. 



[The E-ose-coloui'cd Pastor was occasionally seen in immense flocks over the whole 

 Badghis and the Hari-rud A'alley ; in all probability it migrates from this to Persia, 

 where, according to Blanford, it is only met with in the north-west. — J. E. T. A.] 



79. Sttjrnus poltoratzkvi. 



Stiirnus poltoratzldji, Finsch, Verhandl. zool.-hot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1879, p. 202; Scully, t. c. p. 86. 



1, 2, 3. d . Kushk, Badghis. 5th December, 1884. 

 4, 5. d ; 6. ? . Gulran, Badghis. 19th March, 1885. 



7. $. Gulran, Badghis. 18th March, 1885. 



Dr. Scully has recorded Stuntus vnlgaris also from Chahar Shamba. It is doubtless 

 Siurmis mcii-hieyi. 



[This species was common, and noticed at Bala-morghab during the whole winter. 

 A Starling of some kind a\ as seen flitting about flocks of sheep and cattle in our marches 

 near the Hamun of the Helmand ; but no specimens were obtained. — J. E. T. A.] 



