136 Col. R. Meiueitziiageii on the [Ibis, 



Pica pica. 



P. p. hadriana. 



Locally coniiuou and resident, ascending in summer to 

 over 8000 feet, a few breeding in the plains. Fresh eggs 

 found on 10. iv., 27. iv., and 3. v., and fully Hedged yonng 

 on 11. vi. Birds are in full moult at the end of July. 



The amount of white on the primaries is very variable, as 

 is the length of the wing. 



Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (L.). 



A common resident, breeding at high altitudes and 

 descending to the plains in flocks in cold weather, when it 

 becomes tame and is an unceasing joy to watch. A small 

 party of four pairs was found nesting on Takatu at 10,000 feet 

 on 10. V. in cracks in an inaccessible clitf. 



No specimens were obtained, but several in the (^)uetta 

 Museum were examined. 



lieports of the Yellow-billed Chough occurring at Quetta 

 so far lack confirmation, and I doubt its existence in 

 Baluchistan, for I more than once searched the summits of 

 Takatu. Murdar, Kaliphat. and Zarghun for it. 



Sturnus vulgaris. 



S. c. poUamtskf/i Finsch. 



S. r. nobilior Hume. 

 I obtained four specimens of poltaratshji and two of 

 nohU'ior, all of which 1 have compared with specimens at 

 Tring and iu the British Museum. I was fortunate in 

 securing birds of both races in breeding-plumage on 31. iii. 

 and 14. ii. 



Starlings appear in small flocks from October and renuiin 

 till early April. None breed. Doubtless in a larger series 

 we would find further races wintering at Quetta. Marshall 

 records humii from Quetta in March and April. 



Pastor roseus (L.). 



The status of this species in Baluchistan is puzzling. It 

 does not occur in mid-winter. In spring, from the end of 



