238 Mr. H. E. Dresser's Notes on 



54. Pica rustica^ Scop. 



Pica caudata, var. a. bactriana, Gld.^ j3. leucoptera, Gld. ; 

 SevertzofF, p. 64. 



Severtzoff divides the Magpie into the two subspecies as 

 above ; but in my recently published article on Pica rustica, 

 in the ' Birds of Europe/ I have shown that these various sub- 

 species cannot stand. He states that the range of the two 

 so-called subspecies is the same, viz. : — 



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



Vertical range. Resident in districts 1 and 2 ; breeds, and 

 may be resident, in district 3 ; and occurs during summer in 

 districts 4 and 5. 



55. NuciFRAGA CARYOCATACTEs (Linu.) j Scvertzoff, p. 64. 

 Horizontal range. Resident in district I. 



Vertical range. Resident in district 4, and possibly occurs 

 during winter in district 3. 



56. PoDocEs PANDERi, Fisch. ; Severtzoff, p. 64. 

 Horizontal range. Resident in district III. 

 Vertical range. Resident in district 1. 



57. Pastor roseus (Linn.). 

 Sturnus roseus, Severtzoff, p. 64. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II., III., and IV., 

 occasionally in considerable numbers. 



Vertical range. Is found in summer in districts 1 and 2, 

 and breeds in the latter as well as in district 3. 



58. Sturnus vulgaris, L. ; Severtzoff, p. 64. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II., and III., and 



is met with in winter, though rare, in districts III. and IV. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 1, 2, and 3, is found 

 during the winter in districts 1 and 2, and is met with in the 

 summer or during passage in districts 4 and 5. 



Severtzoff further includes as a distinct species what is 

 doubtless the Indian form of our European Starling [Sturnus 

 nitens, Hume, nee Brehm), under the name of 



59. Sturnus UNicoLOR {pu7'purascens? Gould), the range 

 of which he gives as nearly the same as that of the typical 

 form, viz. : — 



