548 Mr. H. F. Witherby — Ornithological, 



Redstart in Persia, but I believe it be the common breeding 

 Redstart of the region of the oak-woods. 



A nest in a hole in an oak tree near Aliabad (7300 ft.) 

 contained eggs on May 18th. 



83. Ruticilla rufiventris (Vieill.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 163. 

 Ruticilla phosnicura (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. -196 



[part.] . 



5. ? ad. Bushire, March 21st. 



I obtained only one female specimen of this Redstart, but 

 there is a male specimen in the British Museum, procured 

 by Mr. Palmer at Bushire, and inadvertently included by 

 Dr. Sharpe amongst the specimens of R. phcenicurus. 



Dr. Blanford observed this species only in Baluchistan and 

 in South-eastern Persia. 



84. Daulias golzi (Cab.). 



Daulias hafizi (Severtz.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 169. 



66, 224, 262, 271. Ad. 



The " Bul-bul " of the Persians was common in the gardens 

 of Kazran and Shiraz, but elsewhere it was local and scarce. 

 The song seemed to me very little inferior to that of our 

 Nightingale. 



A nest at Shiraz, placed on the ground and well hidden 

 amongst some weeds at the base of a tree, was made of dry 

 leaves and contained five fresh olive-brown eggs on May 8th. 



85. Erithacus gutturalis (Guer.); Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, 

 pp. 482 & 495. 



Cossypha [Irania] gutturalis Guer. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 161. 



56, 98, 108, 116, 155, 222, 318, 347, 348. Ad. 



There is a considerable variation in both the length and 

 breadth of the white wedge-shaped patch on the chin, but 

 I think that this is greatly due to the abrasion of the 

 feathers. No. 347 S has the breast white, very slightly 

 tinged with buff, but is otherwise normally coloured. A 

 male specimen from Somaliland, in the British Museum, 

 approaches my specimen in being pale buff on the breast 

 (see Grant & Reid, Ibis, 1901, p. 656). A male from Asia 



