18/9.] ON BIRDS FROM THE ATRECK VALLEY. 764 



Mr. Seebohm exhibited a small collection of birds made by Capt. 

 the Hon. G. C. Napier in the valley of the Atreck river which flows 

 into the Caspian Sea not far north of Asterabad, and forms the 

 boundary line between Russia and Persia. The species were as 

 follows : 



Falco cenchris, Cuv. 



Coracias ffarrulus, Linn. 



Pratincola caprata, Linn. [This species has not hitherto been 

 found further west than Baluchistan, though it ranges eastward as 

 far as the islands of the Malay archipelago. H. S.~\ 



Ember iza luteola, Lath. [Not hitherto found west of Turke- 

 stan.] 



Emberiza hortulana, Linn. ( $ ). 



Hypolais caligata, Licht. 



Cypselus melba (Linn.). Shot on 12th April, flying in company 

 with the Common Swift, at 3000 feet elevation. 



Pterocles alchata (Linn.) Shot near Teheran, 26th September, 

 at 4800 feet elevation. 



Glareola pratincola (Linn.). Shot 10th May. 



Botaurus stellaris (Linn.). 



CEdicnemus scolopax (Gmel.). Shot 26th April at 3000 feet 

 elevation. 



Plegadis falcAnellus (Linn.). Shot 26th May. 



Phalaropus hyperboreus, Linn. Shot 25th May. [Doubtless on 

 migration towards its breeding-grounds in the valley of the Petchora, 

 where it arrives during the first or second week of June. H. S.~] 



[From the PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF 

 LONDON, December 16, 1879.] 



