33G Messrs, Dresser and Blanford on 



Lepterodatis flavirostris syriac^, Ehr. foL m. One 

 specimen, No. 92, from Syria, is referable to Ardea alba, Linn., 

 Gray, Hand-list, no 10108. It measm-es — bill from gape 6-0 

 inches, wing 16-0, tail 6'5, tarsus 70. 



Nycticorax brevipes, Ehr. fol. m. One specimen. No. 146, 

 from Arabia, is an immature bird of Nycticorax griseus, L., 

 Gray, Hand-list, no. 10171. 



CucuLUs PICA, Ehr. fol. r = Coccystes jacobinus (Bodd.), 

 Gray, Hand -list, no. 9082. There is one specimen. No. 81, 

 from Nubia. 



Centropus superciliosus, Ehr. fol. r. Gray, Hand-list, 

 no. 8949. There are four specimens in the collection — No. 12 

 from Abyssinia, No. 13 from Arabia, No. 14 from Abyssinia, 

 and No. 15 from the same locality, but in young plumage, 

 lacking the stripes on the breast, where it is washed with 

 rufous, and has imperfect dark transverse markings towards 

 the ends of the quills. 



Picus sYRiAcus, Ehr. fol. r. Gray, Hand-list, no. 8556. 

 Two specimens from Syria agree closely with Sharpe and 

 Dresser's plate (in part ix. ' Birds of Europe ') of the Syrian 

 Woodpecker in immature plumage. One is greatly faded. 

 They are marked by Lichtenstein Picus fuliginosus. 



Picus ^THiopicus, Ehr. fol. r = Picus nubicus, Gm., Gray, 

 Hand-list, no. 8698. There is one specimen only. No. 211, 

 from Abyssinia. 



Picus hemprichii, Ehr. fol. r. Gray, Hand-list, no. 8650. 

 Two specimens, Nos. 212 and 213, from Abyssinia, both fe- 

 males, the former measuring — culmcn 0*72 inch, wing 3"1, tail 

 1-55, tarsus 0-7; and the latter — culmen 0-69, wing 3-1, tail 

 1*55, tarsus 0*69. 



MuscicAPA GRisoLA. Ehrcubcrg, fol. r, refers to varieties 

 of this species ; but after a careful examination of the speci- 

 mens we could detect no differences, except such as are found 

 in our common European species. 



MusciCAPA LAIS, Ehr. fol. t = Erythrosternaparva (Bechst.), 



