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to mc to be just the same as that of G. glandarius. An old 

 bird was feeding its fledged young near Sadat (7300 ft.) on 

 June 6th. 



5. *Oriolus galbula Linn.; Blanf. t. c. p. 219; Sharps 

 Ibis, 1886, pp. 477 & 494. 



The Golden Oriole is a summer resident on the high ground 

 in Persia. 



I did not notice it until May 17th, but after that date I 

 often heard its mellow pipe or saw it dip through the trees 

 in many parts of the oak-woods. 



6. Pica rustica Scop. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 264. 



257. $ ad. April 7th, near Dasht-i-arjan (6700 ft.). 



This example has the white on the quills nearly extending 

 to the tips, while the throat-feathers have concealed white 

 bars, and the wing is rather large ; but all these characters 

 are often present in European specimens, and I cannot 

 agree that P. r. bactriana Bp. is a good form. 



Like the Starling and Spotted Cuckoo, the Magpie was 

 only common in one locality between Dasht-i-arjau and 

 Shiraz, where it was breeding in considerable numbers in a 

 dry river-bed thickly overgrown with thorn-trees and willows. 

 An occasional pair was seen here and there in most parts of 

 the oak-woods. 



7. Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus Lorenz. 



Sturnus vulgaris Linn.; Blanf. t. c. p. 266; Sharpe, Ibis 

 1891, p. 105. 



183, 184. Ad. 



These specimens have purple flanks and wing-coverts, and 

 agree with birds from the Caucasus, but the variations in the 

 colour of the Starling arc so intricate that one cannot place 

 much reliance upon the constancy of many of the forms 

 described. 



Starlings were by no means common in the part of Persia 

 visited, except in one locality near Shiraz, where they were 

 breeding in considerable numbers in holes in willow trees. 

 A few pairs were to be seen here and there in the oak-woods. 

 There were young in the not at 6000 ft. on April 29th. 



