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but T think that the dark edgings to the feathers have been 

 worn off. The lower breast is pale rufous, and, except for the 

 paleness of this colour, the specimen agrees very well with 

 worn specimens from Southern Europe and Turkey. I have 

 not been able to examine examples from Palestine, but Mr. 

 Dresser describes them (Man. Pal. Birds, p. 26), under the 

 name of C. rufivetitris Hempr. &Ehr., as resembling C. albicoUis, 

 but with rufous brown on the abdomen, and with the brown of 

 the upper parts extending down to the interscapular region 

 without squamations. Western Persian birds may be the 

 same, but my specimen is so worn that it is not possible to 

 decide. The name C. rufiventris, by the way, is given by 

 Hcmprich and Ehrenberg without any description. 



A few Dippers were seen on some of the streams in the 

 country to the north-west of Shiraz at elevations of 7000 ft. 

 and over. They were very shy and difficult to procure. On 

 the Shir River I shot several which were swept down the 

 stream into a narrow precipitous gorge before I could reach 

 them, although I jumped hastily into the torrent after them. 



The habits and note of these birds resembled those of 

 C. aquaticus. 



The specimens obtained by Dr. Blanford in Northern 

 Persia seem to have belonged to ft a. cashmiriensis Gould. 



88. *Monticola saxatilis (Linn.) ; Blanf. t, c. p. 15G; 

 Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, pp. 482, 496. 



I saw a few Rock-Thrushes, which were very wild, in the 

 rocky and barren Berm Firuz region (over 9000 ft.) on May 

 21st, and again at about the same altitude on the pass over 

 Dinar. Dr. Blanford observed the bird only at high altitudes, 

 but Mr. Palmer obtained one at Bushire on the coast on 

 March 25th (Sharpe, t. c). 



89. Monticola cyanus Linn. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 155; Sharpe, 

 Ibis, 1886, p. 496. 



15, 16, 34, 60. Ad. 



No. 15 is absolutely without spots or bars. 

 I noticed the Blue Rock-Thrush only as far inland as 

 Kamarij. 



