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race in my collection, has the wing rather shorter than in 

 the above-mentioned specimen of P. cinereus, being other- 

 wise about similar in size. The measurements are : culmen 

 0-45, wing 2-62, tail 2-7, tarsus O'S. 



Parus ph^onotus, Blanford. 



Two males (vicinity of Tiflis, December). The bird from 

 the Caucasus has been treated as a species distinct from the 

 Persian form, and was described by BogdanofE under the 

 name of Parus michalowskii ; but a comparison of these two 

 specimens and a female (obtained by Michalowski in the 

 Caucasus, and kindly lent to me by Mr. Seebohm) with the 

 type of Parus phceonotus in the British Museum convinces 

 me that the two forms cannot possibly be separated, as they 

 are identical in coloration and do not differ in size. These 

 two males measure : culmen 0"48 and 0'5, wing 2*68 and 2*7, 

 tail 2-1 and 2-15, tarsus 0*75 and 0-78. 



SiTTA SYRIACA, Ehrcub. 



One male (Puli-chatum, 5th July), a rather pale example 

 of the large eastern form of the Rock Nuthatch. 



MOTACILLA PERSONATA, Gould. 



A male (Askabad, 17th February), agrees closely with fig. 3 

 in vol. X. Brit. Mus, Cat. of Birds, but has a few white 

 markings on the throat. 



MOTACILLA CITREOLA, Pall. 



A male in full plumage (MoUa-kary, 11th April). 



MoTACiLLA FLAVA, Linn. 



A male (Artyk, 28th March), with the white eye-streak 

 very closely defined. 



MOTACILLA MELANOCEPHALA, Licht. 



A male (Askabad, Geok-tepi Steppe, 1st March). 



MOTACILLA RATI, Bp. 



A male (Krasnovodsk, 21st April), not differing from 

 specimens from Western Europe. 



Lanius lahtora, Sykes. 



A female (Beum-basch, 1st May), which on comparison I 



