236 jNIr. II. E. Dresser's Notes on 



was " dark hazel ;" and Prof. Barboza du Bocage, in the list 

 already quoted^ mentions a male in Avhich the iris was " red." 

 I may here remark (as I do not observe that the fact is al- 

 luded to by jNIr. Sharpe) that " Falco yahar, Shaw/^ was spe- 

 cified by the late jNIr. G. R. Gray as the type of his genus 

 Micronisus, in the first edition of his ' List of Genera of Birds/ 

 published in 1840; but it seems to me that Mr, Sharpe is 

 unquestionably right in following Dr. Hartlaub in his assign- 

 ment of this species to the genus Melierax. 



[To be continued.] 



XV. — Notes on Severtzoff's ' Fauna of Turkestan' {Turkes- 

 tanskie Jevotnie). By H. E. Dresser. 



[Continued from page 112.] 



46. CoRvus coRAX^ L. ; SevertzofFj p. 63. 



Horizontal range. Resident in districts I., II. ^ III., and IV. 

 Vertical range. Resident in districts 2 and 3, and met with 

 during summer in districts 4 and 5. 



47. CoRvus suBCORAXj Scvertzolf, pp. 63, 115. 

 Horizontal range. Resident, though rare, in districts II. 



and III. 



Vertical range. Resident, but rare, in districts 1 and 2. 



This species Severtzojff refers, with a note of interrogation, 

 to Corvus umbrinus, Riipp. ; but as he says nothing about the 

 characteristic brown coloration of the head and neck, I 

 scarcely think it can be that species, but consider it far more 

 likely to be Corvus culminatus. He describes it (p. 115) as 

 resembling Corvus corax, and having the same rounded tail, 

 but smaller in size, being, however, larger than Corvus corone, 

 Avhich it also resembles, but has a note like that of the Raven, 

 though not so harsh ; and the lanceolate feathers on the throat 

 commence from the base of the bill, as in the Raven. In 

 size it measures 23*2 inches in length, and 42 in extent, cul- 

 men 2*5-27, tail 95. Some specimens of Corvus corone, he 

 adds, resemble C. suhcora.r in having a large bill and rounded 



