152 Col. R. Meinertzliagen on the [Ibis, 



I have compared this bird with the Waxwino's in the British 

 Museum, and it is not difficult to pick out the Asiatic birds 

 by the paler and less viuaceous colour of the upper parts. 

 It must be this form Avhich occurred on the North-west 

 Frontier of India in November, February, and March 

 (Ibis, Januai-y 1901>), at Samarkhand in February (Ibis, 

 July I'JIO), at Fekiii in winter (Ibis, January 1903), in 

 northern Siberia south to Vladivostock, and in winter 

 in central and southern China ((/. Oberholser, Auk, July 

 1917). 



Pycnonotus leucotis. 

 F. I. leucotis (Gould). 



One was obtained at Quetta on 14. x. Others in the 

 Quetta Museum were obtained there in August, November, 

 and December, whilst I observed single birds in May, July, 

 and August. Marshall reports them at Quetta in March and 

 ApriL I suspect that they are rare local residents, for we 

 can scarcely accuse the homely Bulbul of being a straggler, 

 though it may be a question of gradual expansion. The 

 species occurs in east Persia and a race {Mesopotamia, 

 Ticehurst) at the head of the Persian Gulf. 



Muscicapa striata. 



J/. i<. )ieumanni Poche. 

 A summer visitor to the wooded hills of northern Balu- 

 chistan in considerable numbers, breeding freely at and 

 near Ziarat. I did not note the time of arrival, but the 

 birds returned from these haunts about early September. 

 They do not build below 7500 feet. Tv\o nests found con- 

 taining five and four eggs respectively on 27. v. and 2S.v. 



Muscicapa parva. 

 M. p. parva Bechst. 



A common bird of passage throughout March and until 

 about the middle of April. The ;iutunni passage lasts from 

 the middle of September to about lo. xi. 



I am unable to separate the two specimens I brought home 

 from the typical form. 



