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quarters of 0. galbula, the two probably meeting in summer 

 in Western Afghanistan or Eastern Persia. 



80. Fratincola caprata (Linn.). 



Common all over the region, particularly in winter, a few 

 remaining about Kandahar and Quetta to breed. 



81. Pratincola MAURA (Pallas) . 



Not so common as the last, but fairly numerous in the 

 winter. Lieut. Wardlaw-Ramsay found it breeding in 

 Northern Afghanistan. 



82. Pratincola macrorhyncha (Stol.). 



Colonel Swinhoe obtained two specimens. I did not ob- 

 serve it. 



83. Saxicola opistholeuca, Strickland. 



Rare. I only obtained two specimens, in February and 

 March 1879, at Kandahar. Swinhoe did not procure it. 



81). Saxicola picata, Blyth. 



Arrives from India in very early spring and breeds at once. 

 I procured it in Kandahar on the 3rd of February. 



85. Saxicola albonigra, Hume. 



A permanent resident throughout the provinces. Swinhoe 

 observes that it leaves Kandahar in late winter, but I got an 

 adult male and a nestling in May. 



86. Saxicola finschi, Heugl. 



Rather uncommon. Dr. Duke obtained two specimens at 

 Quetta, one in February ; Col. Swinhoe got one in the same 

 month at Kandahar, and I shot a single specimen in Pishin 

 on the 26th September. It is therefore probably a winter 

 straggler from Central Asia. 



87. Saxicola isabellina, Riipp. 



A permanent resident, but locally distributed. Mr. Barnes 

 found it common and breeding about the Khwaja Amran. 



88. Saxicola chrysopygia, De Fil. 



A winter visitant all over the province, but not common. 



89. Saxicola deserti, Riipp. 

 Common in suitable localities. 



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