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what we got had first travelled to that neighbourhood on the S.-E. 

 trades or some current ; and then turned off with the S.-W. Monsoon 

 of 1885. Our largest pieces were about as big as a boy's head. Those 

 which came to the Seychelles were much larger, and so numerous 

 as to encumber passages on the coast, and cause inconvenience 

 (I was told) to boats. 



In 1885, it was also reported from the Maldives, but whether it 

 was then coming in, or was what had drifted and collected in pre- 

 vious years, is not clear. In 1884 it had been seen off the coast of 

 Ceylon in great quantities. 



Keswal. 



SOME BIRDS SEEN IN A JOURNEY THROUGH PERSIA. 

 By G. J. R. Rayment, A. V. D. 



From Bushire to Shiraz through the Kashgai and BaJchtiari High- 

 lands to Isfahan, by All Gudurz, Burujurd and Hamadhan to 

 Siomeh in Kurdistan, thence to Kismanshah. 



[As far as possible, Jerdon's nomenclature has been adhered to. 

 Birds not identified with certainty are marked thus (?)] 



Gyps fulvus. — Large Tawny Vulture. — Throughout the country. 

 Specially numerous on a small hill, a few miles W. of Kismanshah. 



Neophron percnopterus. — White Scavenger Vulture — Distribution 

 much as above, but far rarer. 



Gypaitus barbatus. — Bearded Vulture, or Lammergeyer- — Kashgai 

 Bakhtiari Highlands, Highlands of W. Persia. 



Falco sacer. — The Cherrug Falcon. Nihavand near Hamadhan, 

 Western Persia. 



Eypotriorchis cesalon. — The Merlin — Kashgai Highlands. 



Tinnunculus alaudarius. — The Kestrel — Kamaraj and north to 

 Shiraz, disappearing in higher altitudes of the Kashgai country, and 

 again being observed in descending towards Isfahan ; met with, 

 though not often, in W. Persia. 



Micronisus badius. — The Shikra— Bushire. 



Accipiter tiisus. — Kurdistan. 



Aquila pennata. — The Dwarf Eagle- — W. Persia. 



Pandion hali<jetus. — The Osprey. — Bushire, Daliki, — (Foot of 

 hills near Bushire) once at Gandaman, Bakhtiari Highlands. 



Circus Swainsoni.— The' Pale Harrier— W. Persia, 



