Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Fao. 109 



35. BuRNEsiA LEPiDA (Blytli) : Sliarpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 vii. p.2ll. 



A young bird in winter plumage, Nov. 11th. 



Two clutches of eggs are sent, one of five, and the other 

 of three. They both have the ground-colour pale greenish 

 white ; but in the first clutch the reddish spots are thickly 

 sprinkled over the egg, especially at the larger end, whereas 

 in the second clutch they are much finer and not of so deep 

 a rufous colour. 



36. ScoTocERCA iNQuiETA (Riipp.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. vii. p. 213. 



I have not seen any birds of this species from Fao, but 

 Mr. Cumming has sent eleven eggs, six in one clutch, and 

 five in the other. They are white or creamy bufi*, with distinct 

 inky black spots regularly distributed over the whole egg, with 

 some minute, faintly indicated underlying dots of grey. 



37. Merula merula (L.) : Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 V. p. 235 (1881). 



Turdus merula, Blanf. t. c. p. 157. 



No. 41. cT. January 1887. Wing 5-05. 



38. Erithacus hyrcanus, Blanf. : Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. V. p. 301. 



Three specimens of the Eastern Robin obtained on Octo- 

 ber 20thj and again in November. The generally paler 

 coloration and the decidedly rufous upper tail-coverts are 

 the characteristics of this Eastern race, which, after all, is not 

 very different from our own Robin. 



39. Cyanecula c^rulecula (Pall.). 



Erithacus caruleculus, Seebohm, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. v. 

 p. 308. 



Nos. 7-9. Immature birds shot on the 12th and 13th of 

 August. 



40. Saxicola oenanthe (Ij.) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 483. 

 An adult and three young birds in freshly moulted plu- 

 mage, August 19th and 24th. 



