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Sir, — In the last issue of ' Stray Feathers/ vol. iii. p. 418, 

 Mr. H. E. M. James records the occurrence of Pterocles sene- 

 gallus and P. arenarius at the south-east comer of the Runn 

 of Cutch, which he considers to be the most southern point 

 at which they have been found. P. senegallus, however, occurs 

 in Kattiawar; fori have skins of a pair shot in that province 

 and kindly forwarded to me by Captain Hancock. P. are- 

 narius has also been obtained there; but the skins which should 

 have reached me long ago have evidently gone astray. 



I take the opportunity of adding that Captain Hancock has 

 also sent me skins of Prinia gracilis, Drymceca jerdoni, Cur- 

 sorius gallicus, Dromas ardeola, and Graculus melanognathus , 

 thus adding six species to my list of Kattiawar birds (Ibis, 

 1873). 



Yours, etc. 



J. Hayes Lloyd. 

 74 Adelaide Road, 

 London. 



We have lately received intelligence from one of our Mem- 

 bers, Mr. C. (jr. Danford, who is at present on an expedition 

 in the Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor. Writing from Anas- 

 cha, under date 8th February, he says that, after considerable 

 loss of time from various causes, he has at last found the 

 haunts of the Snow-Partridge [Tetraogallus caspius?), and is 

 sending over skins to Mr. Dresser for determination, as he 

 thinks that it may diflFer from the species found in the 

 Caucasus. This bird, he adds, is tolerably common. They 

 had already been paired about three "weeks, and were living 

 on or near the snow in rocky places at an elevation of about 

 6000 feet, never descending lower down the mountains. Of 

 other rare birds he has as yet seen but few. Saxicola ery- 

 thrcea appears to be the common Chat of the country, and 

 had just arrived ; and the Common Chough is the most nu- 

 merous of the Crow tribe. 



