from the Transcaspian Region. 91 



Galerita cristata (L.). 



One male (Oelstaui^ 19th June), of the form described by- 

 Hume as G. magna. 



Otocorys penicillata (Gould). 



Two males (Lenkoran, 9th February and 7th December), 

 both of which are nndoubtedly referable to true 0. penicillata. 



Otocorys brandti, Dresser. 



One male (Krasnovodsk, 5th February). 



CiPSELUs AFFiNis, J. E. Gray. 



One female (Pulichatumj 5th July), which closely agrees 

 with Indian specimens. 



Caprimulgus jEgyptiuSj Licht. 



One male (Karadja-Batyr, 2nd May), labelled Caprimulgus 

 arenicola, Severtzoif, Avhich species is, however, not separable 

 from C. cegyptius, and the present example agrees closely 

 with one from Egypt. 



PiCUS POELZAMI, Bogd. 



Two females (Lenkoran, 21st January and 24th November). 



PiCUS LEUCOPTERUS, Salv. 



One female (Tedschen Steppe, 22nd March), agreeing with 

 typical P. leucojjtenis and not referable to the form described 

 by Severtzoflf under the name of Picus leptorhynchus {cf. 

 'ibis,^ 1875, p. 489). 



Scops BRucEi (Hume). 



One female (Amu-darya, 10th March), labelled Scops obso- 

 leta, Cab. I have compared it with the specimens in the 

 Hume collection in the British Museum, with which it agrees 

 in every respect, and as Hume described it in 1873 (' Stray 

 Feathers,' i. p. 8), his name has priority over that of Cabanis_, 

 who described it in 1874 (Journ. fiir Orn. 1874, p. 126) from 

 specimens in the Berlin Museum obtained by Eversmann in 

 Bokhara and by Ehrenberg in Syria. 



ACCIPITER RADIUS (Gm.). 



One male in fully adult plumage (Astrabad, 24th April), 

 which on comparison with examples of Accipiter brevipes 



