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Oallinula chlorophus — The Water-Hen — Kazerun, Lake S. of 

 Shiraz. Kashgai country. 



Ciconia nigra — The Black Stork ? — Kurdistan. 



Ardea purpurea — The Purple Heron — W. Persia. 



Herodias garzetta — The Little Egret — Common in suitable locali- 

 ties. 



Botauris stellaris — The Bittern — W. Persia. 



Nycticorax griseus — The Night Heron — Isfahan and W. Persia. 



Phoenicopterus minor — The Lesser Flamingo — One specimen seen 

 at Dashtiarjin, June. 



Anser cinereus — The Grey Goose? — Zargan, N. of Shiraz. 



Casai-ca rutila — The Ruddy Sheldrake. The Chukwa.— Common 

 throughout the country. 



Anas boschas — The Mallard — Common throughout the country. 

 Breeding in June and July. 



Querquedula crecca — The Common Teal — Common everywhere, 

 late in autumn and winter. 



Athya nyroca — The White-eyed Duck? — Dashtiarjin, S. of Shiraz. 



Podiceps cristatus — The Crested Grebe ? — Dashtiarjin. 



Podiceps phillippensis. — The Little Grebe — Common everywhere in 

 suitable localities. Breeding in June and July. 



Some Pelican seen at Dashtiarjin S. of Shiraz, but not identified. 



A NEW SPECIES OF ZYG^ENA, FROM THE 

 KURRACHEE HARBOUR. 



By James A. Murray, op the Vict. Nat. Hist. Inst. 



Zygjbna dissimilis. — Sp. Nov. 



Anterior edge of head sinuately curved. No groove running 

 along it. Length of the hammer from eye to eye 26 inches; from 

 the middle 13 inches.- Each of its hind lateral expansions 10 

 inches : its width near the e*ye 6*5 inches or less than the length. 

 Eye situated at the upper third of the external edge of the lobe of 

 the head and two inches below the outer edge of the 

 nostril. Teeth very slightly oblique, as broad at base as long, with 

 an indistinct notch laterally and serrated on both edges to near the 

 tip. They are convex before and behind, with an oblong nodose 

 prominence mesially at the base on the outer surface. The 1st 

 dorsal arises from a little more than an inch inside the extreme 



