132 Col. R. Meiiiertzlia^en on the [Ibis, 



Hab. in Archipela(jo. 



Western Group : Gran Caiiaria, Tenerife, Palma, 



Goniera, Hierro. 

 Eastern Group : Doubtful if oceui's. 

 Obs. The status of tlie Resident Quail in the Canaries is 

 verv difficult to determine. It has until recently been 

 confused with C. c. africana and by all the older writers 

 with C. c. coturnir. 



Whether or not it occurs in the eastern Canary Islands I 

 have been unal)le to determine. My own opinion is that it 

 is probably conlined to the higher western islands. Proof 

 of this is wanting. The question is more fully dealt with 

 under the preceding species. 

 Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Madeira. 



[To be continued.] 



III. — Notes on the Birds of Qiietta. 

 By Colonel R. Meineetzhagex, M.B.O.U. 

 (Plate I.— Map.) 

 The following notes represent an endeavour to bring up 

 to date the list of birds that have been obtained at or near 

 Quetta at various times. During a residence of nearly two 

 years I had frequent opportunities of visiting almost every 

 portion of the country in the vicinity, and of making the 

 small collection which forms the basis of these notes. 



Quetta lies in the highlands of Baluchistan, and though 

 the larger part of the surrounding country is waterless and 

 bare, there are many spots, not only in the hills but in the 

 plains, where thick forest, mountain torrents, fern-clad 

 ravines, and other attractive localities exist. 



In the plains, the rivers have cut for themselves deep 

 marshy beds in the soft alluvial soil. In and at the base of 

 the hills nearly all the river-beds are dry, only to contain 

 raoino- torrents after heavy rain. The huoe masses of 

 mountains, rising to over 11,000 feet in places, are covered 

 with juniper, wild briar, and other vegetfition, whilst round 



