126 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vo,. XVIII, 
24. Ammomanes phoenicura zarudnyi, Hartert. 
O. No. 25484; Lab-i-Baring, 14.12.18. 
I have compared this specimen with others in the Tring Museum 
as I was rather doubtful of some of those in the British Museum 
where the forms of phoenicura have not yet been thoroughly worked 
out. 
25. Coracias garrula semenowi, Loudon and Tschusi (1024). 
1905. Corracias garrula, Cumming, op. cit., p. 689. 
O. No. 24684; Khwaja Ahmed, May 1903. 
a, 24861 ; s 24.4.05. 
+) 
26. Merops persicus persicus, Pall. (1028). 
1905. Merops persicus, Cumming, op. ctt., p. 68a. 
@. No. 24862; Kuhak, 22.4.05. 
27. Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Sykes. (10809). 
1905. Caprimulgus mahrattensis, Cumming, op. cit., p. 690. 
9. No. 24688; Helmand, no date. 
? " ” 2.4689 ; ” ” 
28. Bubo bubo bengalensis (Frank.). (1168). 
1905. Bubo bengalensis, Cumming, op. cit., p. 690. 
@. Juv. No. 24864 ; Shaharistan, 6.5.05. 
This appears to be bengalensis, which has already been obtained 
in Afghanistan. The wings measure respectively, right, 380 and 
left, 370 mm., whereas turcomanus (Eversm.) has a wing varying be- 
tween 425 and 500 mm. From the date on which killed, and also 
from its juvenile appearance, it is evidently a bird locally bred and it 
raises an interesting doubt as to the specific or sub-specific value of 
some of the differences hitherto held to be sub-specific only between 
some of the nearest allies of Bubo bubo. We cannot have two geo- 
graphical races breeding in the same area and if turcomanus and ben- 
galensts do breed in the same, then they are good species and not 
sub-species only. 
29. Athene noctua bactriana, Blyth. (1180). 
1905. Athene bactriana, Cumming, op. cit., p. 691. 
a. No. 24863; Kuhak, 21.10.04. 
30. Buteo ferox (Gmel.). (12309). 
O. No. 24722; “‘ Caught in Seistan,’’ Feb. 1904. 
An adult but beautifully pale bird in very fine plumage, ap- 
parently a male. 
