442 Mr. Douglas Carrnthers on the 



5. Pyrrhocorax alpinus. 



Pyrrhocorax alpinus Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 149. 



J . Hissar Mts. 24 June, 1908. Nos. 602, 603. 

 ?. „ „ No. 601. 



The Alpine Chough is very common at 0000 ft. in the 

 Hissar Mts., but was never seen below 8000 ft. 



Severtzoff mentions that the Common Chough (P. gra- 

 culus) is found in this district and in the Pamirs, but I never 

 came across it. The northern range of P. alpinus is termi- 

 nated by the Tian Shan Mts., but P. graculus extends 

 further north into Siberia. 



6. Sturnus purpurascens. 



Sturnus purpurascens Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 37. 



S . Samarkand. 29 April, 1908. No. 384. 



S . Bokhara. 1 t March, ] 908. Nos. 282, 286, 287, 288. 



Imm. <J • Samarkand. 17 Nov., 1907. No. 187. 



Imm.cJ. „ 29 Oct., 1907. No. 132. 



A resident in the cultivated lands; assembling in very 

 large flocks in October, and roosting in the reed-beds that 

 border the Zarafschan. 



Although Severtzoff mentions S. vulgaris as wintering in 

 the Zarafschan district, I never obtained it. 



7. Pastor roseus. 



Pastor roseus Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 63. 



tf. Samarkand. 29 April, 1908. No. 381. 



1 obtained only one example of the Rose-coloured Starling, 

 which was in a flock of Common Starlings. But when the 

 locusts appeared in the neighbourhood of Samarkand large 

 flocks of these birds were also to be seen preying on the 

 locusts. 



Severtzoff mentions that he observed large flocks of Pastor 

 roseus suddenly appearing in the neighbourhood of Kara- 

 Kul, on the Pamirs, following flights of locusts. 



8. Ortolus galbula. 



Oriolus galbula Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 191. 

 <J. Samarkand. L2 Sept., 1907. No. 37. 



Imm. J. Samarkand. 13 Sept., 1907. No. 39. 



