518 Mr. H. F. Witherby— Ornithological 



3000 ft. to 10,000 ft. In some places the birds were very 

 numerous, and it was not an uncommon sight to see a flock 

 of a hundred or more. They always proved too cunning 

 for me, but I made a point of examining them with my 

 binoculars, and all those which I saw had red bills. 



2. *Corvus corax Linn.; Blanf. t. c. p. 261. 



Two or three Ravens were to be seen in most places, and 

 in a grassy valley near Shul (about G800 ft.) we saw forty 

 or fifty feeding on the grass and flying about like a flock of 

 Hooks. They were always exceedingly wild, and I failed to 

 secure a specimen. 



3. Corvus cornix sharpii Oates. 

 Corvus cornix Linn.; Blanf. t. c. p. 262. 

 258. <$ ad. Near Dasht-i-arjan, April 27th. 



This pale form of the Hooded Crow was common wherever 

 there were trees. C. capellanus Sclat., with its large bill 

 and tarsi and whitish coloration, is very distinct from any 

 other Hooded Crow, and I think that it will prove to be a 

 true species and not merely a form of C. cornix. I believe 

 that the two birds are to be found breeding in the same 

 locality, for I saw, inland as well as on the coast, Crows 

 which even at a distance appeared far paler than C. c. sharpii. 

 Unfortunately I was never able to obtain one of these white- 

 looking birds. 



Hooded Crows had fresh eggs near Kalah Mushir (6700 ft.) 

 on April 11th, and they were incubating near Pul-i-mard 

 (4000 ft.) on April 21th. 



4. Garrulus atkicapillus Geoffr. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 265. 

 409, 421. Ad. ; 422-424. Jnv. 



The mature birds are slightly paler on the mantle than 

 typical specimens of G. atricapillus from Syria and Palestine, 

 but I think that this may be due to the abraded state of the 

 plumage of my specimens. G. a. krynicki from the Caucasus 

 and Asia Minor, is, of course, a much darker form. 



This Black-headed Jay Avas fairly evenly distributed through 

 the oak-woods, but it was nowhere common. It was shy and 

 even more difficult to shoot than our Jay. The note appeared 



