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CiNCLUS ASIATICUS. 



I have an example from Samarcand. 



Henicurus scouleri. 



An example of the Short-tailed Forktail from Samarcand 

 is, so far as I know, obtained further west than has hitherto 

 been recorded of this Himalayan bird. 



Regulus himalayensis. 



Three examples of this species from Samarcand belong to 

 this race. It is intermediate between R. japonicus and R. 

 cristatus, not quite so grey on the sides of the head and on 

 the nape as the former, but not so green as the latter. The 

 females are, however, greyer than those of either race. Ex- 

 amples from Asia Minor are intermediate between R. hima- 

 layensis and R, cristatus. 



Accentor atrigularis. 



I have two skins from Samarcand. 



Acanthyllis caudacuta. 



An adult female skin of the Spine-tailed Swift, obtained at 

 Krasnoyarsk in July, extends the known breeding-range of 

 this species more to the west. 



Picus syriacus-leucopterus. 



A series of thirty skins of this species from Samarcand 

 exhibits considerable variation, and goes far to prove that 

 P. syriacus and P. leucopterus are conspecific, and that 

 P. leptorhynchus is one of the intermediate forms between 

 them. P. syriacus-leucopterus vel P. leptorhynchus is found 

 in Afghanistan, and was misnamed by Colonel Swinhoe "P. 

 sindianus, Gould" [antea, p. 102). These Woodpeckers are 

 quite distinct from P. major and its allies. 



PlCUS CISSA. 



Examples of the Great Spotted Woodpecker from Krasno- 

 yarsk, as well as others from Archangel, are easily distin- 

 guishable from British and South-European skins, Sharpe 

 and Dresser^s assertion to the contrary notwithstanding. 

 Picus cissa of Pallas may always be known by its pure white 

 underparts. P. major reappears in China. 



