546 Dr. C. B. Ticehurst on [This, 



It was darker underneath than the young of leucotis, and the 

 under tail-coverts were giuoer-eoloured, more as in hrmor- 

 rhous, not yellow as in leucotis, while the white cheek-patch 

 of the latter was indicated in a dusky-grey patch. 



In years to come, maybe, some strange-looking Bulbuls 

 will be found there as the result of hybridization. Hybrids 

 between lencogem/s and intermedms are known from Kohat 

 (Ibis, 1909, p. Ill), while magratlii from Bannu appears to 

 me to be a hybrid between intermedins and lencotis, though 

 the former is said not to occur at Bannu (see t. e. pp. 114, 

 303 and pi. v.). 



Elsewhere in Sind there are no records of this bird, except 

 that Murray states that he obtained one at Sehwan, but I 

 think it quite likely that this also was an escape, as no one 

 else has met with it in this district. It is common in Cutch 

 and in Lower Punjab as far south at least as Multan, and 

 might be found, one would think, at Kashmor on the north- 

 east boundary of Sind, where, however, Hume did not come 

 across it. 



Sitta castaneiventris castaneiventris Frank. 



Mr. T. li. Bell records that on 24 January, 1905, he 

 obtained a single specimen of the Nuthatch in a " babool " 

 groove in the Raoti Forest in Upper Sind. This is the first 

 and only record in Sind, to which it must be a mere straggler. 

 It does not inhabit the juniper forests of northern Beluchistan, 

 nor was it found in the N.W. Frontier Prov. by Whitehead 

 and is not known from Mt. Aboo. The nearest locality for it 

 appears to be Dungarpur in the extreme south of Rajputana. 



The Rock-Nuthutch (S. n. tephronotd) is very likely to 

 occur on the highest parts of the Khirthar as it occurs on the 

 Beluchi side in Kelat and, of course, in Quetta. 



Dicrurus macrocercus macrocercus Vieill. " Kalkanchi/' 

 i. e. black scissors { = D. ater auct,). 



The Drongois very common everywhere except in the hills 

 and barest deserts, and even in the latter one may come across 

 a few following a herd of goats, on the backs or heads of 



