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This form of the Woodchat was fairly common in the more 

 southern parts of the country we traversed, but I did not 

 notice it north of Tol-i-safid. Dr. Blanford obtained Wood- 

 chats (presumably of this species) near Shiraz only, while 

 the birds found by De Filippi in North Persia may have 

 been L. pomeranus, but Mr. Ogilvie-Grant does not include 

 North Persia in the range of either species. 



50. Lanius phoj;nicuroides Severtz. ; Ogilvie-Grant, Nov. 

 Zool. ix. p. 486 et p. xi ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 485. 



? Lanius isabellinus Hempr. & Ehr.; Blanf. t. c. p. 139. 

 19. <$ ad. March 22nd, Bushire. 



199. cJ ad. April 19, near Nudan (3200 ft.). 



410. S an - June 6th, near Sadat (7250 ft.). 



My specimens are sandy grey on the back and pale rufous 

 on the head, while from his description it appears that all 

 those obtained by Dr. Blanford had rufous heads. 



The distinction between this species and the next is, how- 

 ever, in some specimens, very obscure, and it is doubtful 

 whether Mr. Ogilvie-Grant is well advised in separating the 

 rufous-headed examples. 



This Shrike was by no means common, and I saw it only 

 occasionally at various altitudes in the oak-woods. The 

 specimen No. 199 appeared to be breeding. 



51. Lanius isabellinus Hempr. & Ehr. ; Ogilvie-Grant, 

 t. c. p. 482. 



51. ? ad. March 29th, Konar Takhteh (1700 ft.). 



This specimen is of a pale and uniform sandy-grey colour 

 on the head and back, and the upper tail-coverts and tail are 

 pale rufous. 



52. Argya huttoni (Blyth); Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 484, 

 1891, p. 110. 



Crateropus ( Chatorhea) huttoni (Blyth) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 203. 



12, I.'., 214. Ad. 



This Babbler was common on the plains below 3500 ft. 

 It has a piping note and the same habits as A. acacice. A 

 nest, built about five feet from the ground in a mimosa-bush 



