498 Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from the 



Mountains. It was a common bird and was found so low as 

 3000 feet."— R. B. W. 



It is interesting to find this Wheatear in the north of 

 Persia at lower altitudes than it seems to affect in the south, 

 where Mr. Woosnam and I never met with it below 

 9000 feet, and then but rarely. 



Monticola cyanus (L.). [B. 155. W. 1903, p. 550; 

 1907, p. 83.] 



Threes from the Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 5000-8000 ft.) 

 in April. 



Monticola saxatilis (L.). [B. 156. W". 1903, p. 550; 

 1907, p. 83.] 



One from the Elburz Mts. (near Demavend, alt. 8000 ft.) 

 on April 20. 



TuitDUS MERULA ATERRIMA Mad. 



$ ? . March 29 & 31, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 



$ ? , April 22, £ ? , May 4, Elburz Mts. (north side). 



" Not uncommon on the afforested parts of the mountains 

 and lower foot-hills ; most plentiful in the oak woods at 

 about 4000 feet."— R. B. W. 



I have submitted the specimens to Mr. C. E. Hellmayr, 

 who iuforms me that he considers them to belong to this 

 form, which was described from the Caucasus. The females 

 are more rufous on the upper breast and the males are blacker 

 than in T.m. sijriacus, the form found in South-west Persia. 

 The wings measure : — ? , 119-127 mm. ; $ , 127 mm. 



Turdus musicus musicus L. [B. 156. W. 1903, p. 551 ; 

 1907, p. 83.] 



cJ, March 1, <?, March 6, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 



" Song-Thrushes were common all the way along the coast, 

 especially in the pomegranate jungles, where they were 

 feeding upon a large snail which infested the bushes. We 

 did not see any Song-Thrushes in the mountains." — R.B.W. 



These examples are not quite so pale as those from Southern 

 Persia. 



