Mr, R. B. Sharpe ow Birds from Fao. 105 



10. Aquila clanga, Pall. : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. 

 p. 248. 



A young bird. [Shot by my collector, Kaldoo Asaf. Two 

 seen together.] 



11. Sturnus vulgaris, L. : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xiii. 

 p. 27. 



Three specimens shot on the 10th of November. These 

 birds are decidedly small, and the tips of the feathers are 

 pure white. They match the birds from Morocco, which are 

 also extraordinarily white on the breast in winter. They 

 further belong to the pnrple-throated form of /S. vulgaris, 

 and from their small size and the other characters I have 

 indicated I believe that they represent a small Mediterraneo- 

 Persian race of Starling which may migrate east and west. 

 It will be interesting if Mr. Cumming will investigate the 

 history of the Starlings of the Persian Gulf. 



12. Oriolus galbula, L. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 477. 

 Two adult females, Sept. 10th. 



13. Passer domesticus, L. : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xii. p. 307 (1888) ; Gates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. B. 

 ii. p. 159. 



Eight eggs sent by Mr. Cumming are of a very light 

 pattern, being white, with pale spots of greyish brown or 

 inky black, in both cases the spots being very minute. 



14. Passer , flavicollis (Frankl.) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 486. 



GymnorUs flavicollis, Gates, ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs 

 Ind. B. ii. p. 157. 



' Mr. Cumming sends three different types of egg for this 

 Sparrow. Gne of these is distinctly Sparrow-like, being 

 dusky brown, with scarcely any whitish ground-colour, and 

 thickly mottled with purplish brown; axis 0-7-0-8, diam. 

 0*55. The second type has a greenish -white ground, with 

 numerous well-defined spots of olive-brown, and likewise 

 thickly mottled with ashy grey, particularly towards the larger 



