On Birds from the Transcaspian Ref/ion. 85 



forest, and the ranges of the two species never overlap. In 

 April the old birds had their families with them, consisting of 

 two young ones. On the higher slopes of Kina Balu this 

 species was decidedly rarer, and I found it frequenting the 

 twisted and moss- covered trunks near the ground, feeding on 

 snails and probably the small frogs which were numerous. 

 The note is not nearly so clear as that of C. minor, but is 

 still a feeble attempt at " Ton-ka-kis.'^] 



32. Platysmurus aterrimus. 



Platysmurus aterrimus (T.) ; Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 279 

 (1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 91 (1877); id. Ibis, 1877, 

 p. 20, 1879, p. 251. 



a, b. ^; c. ? ad. Benkoka, Sept. 1885. 

 d. S ad. Kina Balu, March 20, 1887. 



[Bill and feet black ; iris crimson -lake. Not at all Crow- 

 like in its habits, frequenting the middle growth in the 

 jungle. Sometimes two or three are seen in company. One 

 specimen was procured on Kina Balu at nearly 1000 feet.] 



VII. — Notes on Birds collected by Dr. G. Radde in the 

 Transcaspian Region. By H. E. Dresser, F.Z.S. 



(Plate V.) 



Dr. G. Radde, of Tiflis, has recently sent to me for examina- 

 tion and identification a selection from a collection of birds 

 obtained chiefly by him during his recent journeys in the 

 Transcaspian Region. He purposes to publish a full account 

 of the birds he observed there in the ' Ornis ;' but it may be of 

 interest to the readers of ' The Ibis ' +o have a few particulars 

 respecting the small selection sent to me, which contains an 

 example of one new species, a most interesting Shrike, and 

 several other birds of interest. 



TuRDus atrigularis, Temm. 



An adult male (Germab, 4th March) is in very fine plumage, 

 but has the black feathers on the throat slightly edged with 

 white, and an adult female (Askabad, 18th February, 1886) 



