642 i)r. C. B. Ticehurst on [Ibis, 



Blyth's name, with good description, founded on a speci- 

 men from between Sind and Ferozepore (J. A. S. B. xvi. 

 1847, p. 150) takes precedence by 52 years over Dr. Hartert^s 

 ti^anscaspicus. 



Monticola saxa tills (L.). 



Tlie Rock-Thrush has not been recorded from Sind before ; 

 on 15 April,' 1919, I met with two isolated birds in thin 

 desert scrub-jungle near Karachi, and on the 17th I found 

 two males frequenting the broad open paths in the Karachi 

 Sewage Farm. On 20 November I secured an immature 

 bird on the grassy banks of a tank also near Karachi ; 

 though late this bird was probably on passage as it was 

 exceedingly fat, and its migration was perhaps delayed by its 

 having several parasitic cysts in the skin. I have invariably 

 found that very little will hold up a bird's migration, such as 

 a tail-feather or two missing, and birds will not set out on a 

 long journey until an abundant supply of reserve material in 

 the form of fat has been laid up and essential feathers are 

 in good trim. 



This species has only very rarely been recorded elsewhere 

 in the plains of India, and is one of those which take the 

 Arabian route. Tlie spring birds are in beautiful fresh 

 plumage, contrasting markedly with the very worn wings. 



Monticola cinclorhyncha (Vig.). 



Butler records that he saw one for some days from 

 9 March, 1877, at Karachi. It is not impossible that a few 

 may pass through Sind on passage to the hills, but perhaps 

 not regularly. 



Ploceus philippinus philippinus (L.), 



The (Common Weaver is local in Sind, and so far as T could 

 ascertain, not so numerous as the Streaked Weaver. Butler 

 says it is not uncommon about Hyderabad and the country 

 east, and I found several colonies at and near Karachi where 

 cultivation exists. Hume did not meet with it in Upper 

 Sind, but it is almost sure to occur there ; I have seen 



