1922.] the Birds of Sind. 635 



from near Jucobahud, obtained by Doig on 22 November, 

 187^^ in the British Museum, and one in the Karachi 

 Museum labelled " Karachi." Butler says he has seen a few 

 from Upper Sind. I never met with it at all, though I found 

 it nut so very rare in the Lower Punjab. 



[(Enanthe leucomela (Pall.). 



Though this Chat might easily occur in Sind on passage (it 

 has been obtained in the southern Punjab by Mr. Whistler), 

 I only refer to it here to clear up once and for all various 

 records which have appeared under the name of morio or 

 leucomela. Blanford (S. F. v. p. 246) recorded two specimens 

 of " aS. morio { = capistrata Hume nee Gould) " as obtained 

 near Cape Monze in February 1877. These are in the British 

 Museum and both are true capistrata, as were also all his 

 morio from the Jaisalmer desert. Murray (S. F. vii. 

 p. 113) states that a specimen of Sa.vicola leucomela was 

 obtained by his collector at Daulatpur together with four 

 other "new" Indian birds in November 1877. Blanford 

 {t. c. p. 527) rightly threw dou))t on these records. The bird 

 was referred to as luqens (Fauna B. I. ii. p. CD), and I have 

 since ascertained from Mr. W. D. Cumming that all five 

 birds were sent by him to Murray from Bushire !] 



(Enanthe isahellina (( 'retzsch.). 



I found this species occurring everywhere in suitable 

 plac'es, but not so numerously as deserti or picala. It arrives 

 in Sind later than the last named but before deserti ; the 

 first ones may be looked for in the second week of September, 

 but it is not till well on in October that it becomes plentiful. 

 It inhabits much the same sort of ground as deserti, but if 

 anything prefers more sandy plains and not so much rocky 

 or stony desert ; jungle or damp places it avoids, though it is 

 very partial to old plough-land ; I have seldom noticed it 

 settle on bushes as deserti frequently does. Blanford records 

 it in the Thar and Parkar district as keeping more to the 

 fertile tracts. Though this species nests at (^)uetta, I have 

 no evidence that it breeds anvwhere in Sind. Like most 



