1922.] the Birds of Sind. 63 1 



this laroely being worn off in summer. The female with its 

 ahiiost uniform orey-brown upper ])arts cannot be confused 

 with female indica, moreover the upper tail-^coverts are not 

 rufescent but orey-brown : there is no white in the tail, 

 which is a uiiiforui " bleached " brown, paler than in indica. 

 The bills in bocli sexes are usually longer and wider at the 

 base than in indica {cf. also Ibis, 1922, p. 20). 



Sind and Punjab, G c^ : wing G7-71 : tail 49-52: bill 

 (from base) J4'5-15"5 mm.. 



Sind and Punjab, 3 ? : wing 65-67 : tail 48-52 : bill 

 (from base.) 15 mm. 



Saxicola macrorhyncha (Stol.). 



Hume included this species in the additions to the Sind 

 list which from time to time were published in ' Stray 

 Feathers,' and in a review of this species (t. c. vii. p. 55) 

 he gives its distribution as ...... '' Sind, Thar and Parkar 



districts and probably elsewhere. '^ I have been unable to 

 find any original record of this bird in Sind nor are there 

 any s[)ecimens thence in the British Museum. However, I 

 think it may l)e safely included as inhabiting the eastern 

 desert of the Province, as Hume probably had definite 

 evidence, and moreover it is very likely to occur as it is 

 known from the Jaisalmer desert, Jodhpur, Decsa, (Jutch, 

 north Beluchistan, and soui;h Punjab. Where it occurs it 

 is, I believe, absolutely resident and very local. Mr. Whistler 

 found it in the Punjab in bare open plain with a few 

 scattered bushes. 



Brehm's Saxicola macrorhijnchos being a nomen nudum., 

 the above name can stand for this bird. 



(Enanthe monacha (Temm.). 



Hume found the Hooded Chat in the Kliirthar in Decem- 

 ber, and in January near the Gaj and in the Nurree Nai as 

 low down as 700 ft., both these places being gorges which 

 come out from the Kliirthar to the plains. It [irobably 

 occurs in small numbers throughout the range, as it does 

 along the J\Iekran coast, and it must have been mere chance 

 that 1 did not see it in the Laki Hills near where Murray also 



