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



or permanent variety under the name of Pratincola rubicola 

 /3. indica, and gives its range as follows : — 



Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., 11.^ III., and IV. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 2 and 3. 



122. Pratincola hemprichii (Elir.) ; Severtzoff, pp. 65, 

 120. 



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

 is rare. 



Vertical range. Breeds in districts 2 and 3. 



Severtzoff remai'ks (p. 120) that this species differs from 

 P. rubicola in having the central tail-feathers black, with 

 white bases, and the remaining rectrices white terminated 

 with black. 



Severtzoff divides the Nightingales of Turkestan into two 

 forms, each of which he again subdivides into two subforms 

 or subspecies. Not having had an opportunity of examining 

 skins of these birds, I cannot determine whether they are 

 good species or not, and therefore translate his remarks in 

 extenso, leaving my readers to draw their own conclusions, 

 I may, however, remark that when in Berlin, in September 

 1873, in company with Mr. Blanford, we saw several skins of 

 Nightingales from Turkestan, among which was one un- 

 doubted skin of Daulias philomela (Bechst.) ; and there were 

 also examples of Daulias hafizi (Severtz.), which is a good 

 species, having the plumage less rufous above and paler below, 

 and the tail is longer, and which was also obtained by Mr. 

 Blanford in Persia. There was also a larger form than D. 

 hafizi, which has been described by Dr. Cabanis (J. f. O. 

 1873, p. 79) under the name of Luscinia golzii, but which 

 differs from D. hafizi only in size. In the following trans- 

 lation I use the names as given by Severtzoff, without, hoAV- 

 ever, indorsing their correctness. Referring to the differ- 

 ences between these species, he writes (p. 120) as follows : — 



" It appears to me that we have two species of Lusciola 

 luscinia, which subdivide again into four subspecies, and be- 

 sides these Lusciola aedon (Pall.), which subdivides into two 

 subspecies ; but I think it more advisible to treat of these all 



