Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains. 503 



Accextor ocularis Raddc. [W. 1907, p. 88.] 



Accentor jerdoni (nee Brooks). [W. 1903, p. 544.] 



(? (J ?. April 20,") Elburz Mts. near Demavend (alt. 



(J S • May 4, J 8000-9000 ft.). 



S c?. April 30, Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 8000ft.). 



" Quite common around the lower slopes of Mt. Dema- 

 vend and seen so low as 8000 ft." — R. B. W. 



In the female the pectoral band is not so bright as in the 

 male, and the crown of the head is not nearly so dark. 



Accentor modularis blanfordi Zar. [B. 202.] 

 $ . March 6, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 



" Only met with in the low country or the north side of 

 the mountains." — R. B. W. 



I think there is little doubt that this specimen belongs to 

 the form described from the country to the south-west of 

 Ispahan by M. Zaiudny (Orn. Monatsb. xii. p. 164), and 

 from the same district by Blanford under the name of 

 A. rubidus, Temm. & Schl., var. (' Eastern Persia/ vol. ii. 

 p. 202). The wing-formula in this specimen is similar to 

 that of the British Hedge- Sparrow {A.m. Occident alls) } the 

 2nd primary being very slightly longer than the 7th and 

 considerably shorter than the 6th. The whole of the 

 upper parts of the bird are paler, and the head and neck 

 are greyer than in the typical form ; the dark portions of 

 the feathers of the mantle are smaller and distinctly less 

 dark, while the rump and upper tail-coverts are more greyish- 

 brown and not so rufous ; the greater and median wing- 

 coverts are tipped with white, not buff. The specimen is, 

 however, much worn. 



Cinclus cinclus CAUCASicus Mad. [W. 1907, p. 90.] 



$ <J . April 22 & 24, Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 3000 ft.) . 



This is the form of the Dipper found in Asia Minor and 

 the Caucasus. 



" Dippers were seen frequently on the lower streams in 

 the Elburz up to about seven or eight thousand feet, but, as 

 usual, they were almost impossible to pick up when shot." 

 — R. B. W. 



