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



41. Argya huttoni (Blyth) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 484. 

 Thirteen eggs sent, of a glossy blue, taken in June. Axis 



0-8-0-85, diam. 0-65. 



42. Pycnonotus leucotis (Gould) : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 483. 



Five eggs of the usual Bulbul type, pinkish or pinkish 

 white, thickly spotted with reddish brown, with underlying 

 grey markings. 



43. MusciCAPA GRisoLA, L. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 480. 

 6 ad. Fao, Sept. lOth, 1886. 



44. MusciCAPA ATRicAPiLLA (L.) : Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. 

 Mus. iv. p. 157. 



c? ad. Fao, Jan. 1887. 



(J juv. Fao, Aug. 29th, 1886. 



The specimens seem to me to be absolutely identical with 

 European examples. Mr. Palmer^s Bushire example agrees 

 with the description of M. semitorquata of Homeyer (Zeitschr. 

 ges. Orn. ii. p. 185, Taf. x.), but this again seems to me to be 

 only an old M. atricapilla. 



45. Upupa epops, L. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 498. 

 No. 30. Young bird, Aug. 30th. 



46. Caprimulgus ^gyptius, Licht. : Shelley, B. Egypt, 

 p. 175. 



Two female birds, Aug. 26th. 



47. Cypselus pallidus, Shelley : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, 

 p. 487. 



Three eggs. Axis 0*95-1*0, diam. 06. 



48. CoRACiAs garrula, L. : Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 488. 

 No. 29. Male, Aug. 26th. 



An interesting specimen in full moult. 



49. Alcedo ispida, L. 



Alcedo bengalensis, Sharpe, Ibis, 1886, p. 483. 



