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D. major. The young " squawk " in the breeding-hole like 

 those of D. syriacus and D. major, but not so loudly. 

 A hole examined on April 28th at an altitude of 0700 ft. 

 contained four young about three days old and two infertile 

 eggs. 



Fledged young, as well as young in the nest, were seen at 

 an altitude of 7000 ft. on May 18th. 



103. Dendrocopus minor (Linn.). 



381. <J ad. May 30th, near Sisakht (6500 ft.). 



This specimen is more or less intermediate between typical 

 D. minor and D. danfordi (Harg.). It is pale on the breast, 

 whereas D. danfordi is almost always dark, but it has pro- 

 fuse striations on the flanks like that form. The branch 

 from the black moustachial stripe, which in typical D. dan- 

 fordi entirely encircles the face and joins the occiput, is in 

 this specimen considerably broken. The bill of the bird is 

 remarkably large, measuring 190 mm. as against 180 mm. 

 in D. minor and 175 mm. in D. danfordi. Unfortuuately I 

 obtained only one specimen, so that it is impossible to say 

 whether these peculiarities are individual or not. 



Dr. Blanford did not include D. minor in the avifauna of 

 Persia, although he thought it probable that the species was 

 to be found in the Caspian provinces. 



I was always searching for the Lesser Spotted. Woodpecker, 

 and carefully examined every young D. sancii-j ohannis with 

 my binoculars in the hope of finding it, but I never saw 

 or heard one. 



The specimen above mentioned was brought to me by a 

 Persian villager. Usually the Persians and the Iliyats only 

 brought us the commonest things, but this was a notable 

 exception. 



104. Gecinus viridis (Linn.). 



Gecinus viridis (Linn.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 135. 



395. Juv. June 1st, near Chinar (6000 ft.). 



Unfortunately I obtained only one immature specimen of 



this bird. Dr. Blanford had one scarcely mature female 



from the same region, which he described as like G. viridis, 



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