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38. Iynx torquilla, Linn. 



Kandahar, 1 ? , 17,4,81 ; Qaetta, 1 ? , 10,5,81. 

 Evidently passing tlirougli the country ; the only Wryneck 

 observed. 



39. CucuLus CANORUs, Linn. 



Quetta, 1 ? , G,5,81 ; Do., (hepatic plumage) 1 ? , 6,5,81 ; 

 Do., 1 ? , 8,5,81. 



Had not arrived at Kandahar when we left on 22nd April. 

 Of the many Cuckoos the sex of which I examined at Quetta 

 between the 5th and 15th May, all were females ; if any males 

 had arrived, they had not commenced calling. 



40. CiNNYRIS BREVIROSTRIS (Blauf.). 



Pirchowky, 1 (^ , 19,5,81. 



Not uncommon in cultivated parts of the plains below the 

 Bolan. Not met with in the pass or westwards. 



41. TiCHODROMA MURARiA (Linn.). 



Kandahar, 2 (^, 18,12,80; Do., 1 cJ, 22,12,80; Do., 1 ? , 

 24,12,80; Do., 1(^,30,1,81. 



Very common at Kandahar throughout the winter, and 

 apparently only a Avinter visitant. The last was seen by me 

 on the 9th February. 



42. SiTTA SYRIACA, Elir. 



Kandahar, 1 (^ , 1 ? , 18,4,81 ; Kojak, 2^ , 28,4,81. 



Common in the Bolan, on the Kojak, and on the hills near 

 Kandahar, where numbers can be seen creeping on the face 

 of the smooth rocks and flying from rock to rock uttering 

 a sharp loud note. 



43. Upupa epops, Linn. 



Kandahar, 12,80; Do., IS , 1,2,81 ; Do., l^ , 16,4,81. 

 Common everywhere, and, I believe, a permanent resident 

 in the country. 



44. Lanius aucheri, Bp. Rev. Zool. 1853, p. 294. 

 Kandahar, 1 $ , 9,1,81. 



The only specimen obtained. I observed three in the 

 General's garden on the 9th January when returning from an 



