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Ruticitia MEsotevca (H. & E.). 
&. March 26, Shuteit River. 
&. March 30, Ahwaz. 
9. April 18, Dopulan. 
Ruricitia titys (Scop.). [B. 166.] 
9. Keb. 26, Ahwaz. 
6. March 4, Bund-i-Kir. 
Erituacus cyanecuta (Wolf). [W. 549.] 
? Cyanecula wolfi Brehm ; [{ B. 169]. 
3 [juv.]. July 16, Arab Keni, alt. 7000 ft. 
6 [juv.|. July 19, Baibort, alt. 5000 ft. 
These two specimens are in juvenile plumage and the first 
winter feathers are just sprouting; but, as the young bird 
does not attain full plumage until the spring moult, itis only 
possible to say that these examples are Bluethroats either of 
the red-spotted or white-spotted form. As they appear to 
have been bred in the neighbourhood (7. e., between Erzeroum 
and the Black Sea) it seems advisable to consider them as of 
the white-spotted form, which is known, ! believe, to nest 
in Armenia. 
PHILOMELA LUSCINIA Gotz (Cab.). [W. 548.] 
Daulias hafizi Severtz.; |B. 169]. 
6 do. April 3, Ram Hormuz. 
“Very plentiful in the gardens. Just beginning to breed.” 
—R. B. W. 
PHILOMELA LUSCINIA LuscintA (L.), nec auct. 
?. May 14, Burujird, alt. 6500 ft. 
This is a typical specimen of the Sprosser (P. philomela 
auct.), and must have been on migration. 
As recorded by Dr. Sharpe (‘ Ibis,’ 1886, p. 482), Mr. 
Cumming considered Nightingales to be winter-visitors to 
the Persian Gulf, but I suppose that he did not distinguish 
the different forms. However, his specimens from Fao are 
Sprossers, but the labels bear no dates. 
