460 Mr. Douglas Carrutliers on the 



86. RUTICILLA RUFIVENTRIS. 



Ruticilla rufiventris Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 342. 

 $ . Samarkand. 25 April, 1908. No. 358. 

 $ . Hissar Mts. 20 June, 1908. Nos. 543, 542. 

 S imra. Samarkand. 23 Oct., 1907. Nos. ] 11, 109, 110. 

 ? . Samarkand. 15-23 Oct., 1907. Nos. 113, 95, 75, 

 112. 



Common on the rocky foot-hills of Zarafschan, and breeding 

 at 9000 ft. in the Hissar Range. 



87. Ruticilla erythronota. 



Ruticilla erythronota Seebohm, Cat. B. v- p. 348. 

 <J. Samarkand. 19 Oct., 1907. No. 91. 

 $ . „ 21-22 Oct., 1907. Nos. 105, 96. 



? . „ 6 March, 1908. No. 277. 



88. Ruticilla c^eruleocephala. 



Ruticilla cceruleocephala Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 353. 



<J. Hissar Mts. 14-24 June, 1908. Nos. 570, 571, 

 525, 569, 544. 



? . Hissar Mts. 16-20 June, 1908. Nos. 558, 567. 

 This is a common bird in the juniper-forests from 9000 to 

 9500 ft. in the Hissar Mts. It breeds in June, making a nest 

 of grass on the ground, under the stump of a tree, composed 

 of grass and moss, lined with a few feathers. The birds were 

 sitting on eggs on the 18th of June. They appear to keep 

 entirely to the forests, where they haunt the thickets, and are 

 not to be met with on the open rocky slopes. 



89. Daulias hafizi. 



Erithacus golzii Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 297. 



cJ. Samarkand. Sept. 1907. Nos. 13, 36. 



<$ . „ 6 May, 1908. No. 429. 



? . „ 9 Sept., 1907. No. 19. 



Sex doubtful. Samarkand. 6 May, 1908. No. 428. 



This bird arrives at the end of April in the Samarkand 

 district, but apparently breeds only at a slightly higher 

 altitude. In June there were no Nightingales singing in the 

 neighbourhood of Samarkand, but in the higher part of the 

 Zarafschan Valley at 4000 ft. there were many. 



