428 Mr. H. Seebohm on a 



PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS. 



PHYLLOSCOPUS RUFUS. 



Five examples of the former and three of the latter species 

 are interesting, confirming the correctness of Blanford's iden- 

 tifications, and showing that both the Willow-Wren and the 

 Chiffchaff occur in North Persia. 



PARUS PENDULINUS. 



A skin of the Penduline Tit does not differ from European 

 examples. 



PARUS LUGUBRIS. 



A skin of the Sombre Tit agrees with examples from 

 Greece and Asia Minor, and does not show the tendency to 

 be greyer above and whiter below which Blanford found in 

 examples from South Persia. 



EMBERIZA CIA. 



An example of the Meadow-Bunting is intermediate between 

 the eastern and western forms, and might almost be regarded 

 as E. stracheyi, but being in the abraded plumage of late 

 summer is difficult to determine. 



MOTACILLA MELANOCEPHALA. 

 MOTACILLA FLAVA. 



MOTACILLA RAYI. 



Six males and two females of this Yellow Wagtail are very 

 interesting examples, showing that there is no difference to 

 be found in the plumage of specimens from the eastern 

 colony in the basin of the Caspian, and those from the western 

 colony on the shores of the Atlantic. This is one of the most 

 interesting cases of a discontinuous area of distribution with 

 which I am acquainted. Amongst the examples of M. mela- 

 nocephala is one with a brilliant yellow eye-stripe a very 

 curious variety, if it is not a hybrid between M. rayi and 

 M. melanocephala. 



A.LCEDO ISPIDA. 



Two skins of Kingfishers are intermediate between the 

 western and eastern forms of this species (wing 2'8 inches), 

 and might be regarded as large examples of A. bengalensis. 



