106 Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from 
Pyrrnocorax Avpinus Vieill. [B. 263.] 
3g. April 24, Bagh-i-Badaran (near Ispahan). 
“Only red-billed Choughs were seen in the Bachtyari 
Mountains. From Bagh-i-Badaran to Kermanshah as 
many yellow-billed as red-billed. Always exceedingly 
difficult to get.’—R. B. W. 
In South-west Persia I saw only the red-billed species. 
Pica Rustica Scop. |B. 264; W. 519. 
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2. May 20, Sehna. 
GARRULUS GLANDARIUS ATRICAPILLUS Geoffr. 
Garrulus atricapillus |B. 265; W. 518}. 
3 &. April 16, mountains near Mal Amir. 
GARRULUS GLANDARIUS KRYNICKI Kal. 
35 2? ge. July 23, Sumela. 
In these specimens the forehead is not black, as described 
by Mr. Buturlin (‘ Ibis,’ 1906, p. 426), but whitish, as in 
typical G. g. krynicke. 
SruRNUS VULGARIS cAUcAsIcus Lorenz. [W.519.] 
Sturnus vulgaris L.:; [B. 266]. 
9. April 24, Bagh-i-Badaran (near Ispahan). 
&. May 9, Feridan. 
3 [juv.], g. May 28, Kermanshah. 
Pastor rosgEus (L.).  [*B. 267.] 
& [Testes much enlarged.”—R. B. W.]. May 14, 
Burujird. 
“A few seen at Burujird, and afterwards plentiful to 
Lake Urmia.”-—R. B. W. 
Cotumsa Livia Bp. [*B. 268.] 
9. May 10, Feridan District. 
“Of three shot in the same place, one was a darkish 
bird with pure white rump, one a much lighter bird with 
uniform grey rump, and the other a light bird with white 
rump.”—kR. B. W. 
Mr. Woosnam’s remarks confirm my observations (cf. 
‘This,’ 1903, p. 567) with regard to the variability of this 
