Western Persia and Armenia. 107 
species and the possibility of C. intermedia being a mere 
variety and not a distinct race. 
CotumsBa @nas L. [*B. 269.] 
& 2. March 17, Shus. 
“ Plentiful on the Diz and Kher-Khah Rivers. Not seen 
Ry Baw: 
The Stock-Dove has not, I believe, been recorded before 
with certainty from Persia, although Major St. John shot 
some Pigeons which appeared to him to be of this species 
(Blanf. p. 269). Mr. Woosnam’s specimens are of the 
typical European form. 
again.” 
CoLtumpa PaLuMBts L. [*B. 269.] 
Columba palumbus casiotis Bp.; [W. 567 |. 
9. March 10, Diz River. 
2. May 29, Takht-i-Suleiman. 
Although the concealed portions of the feathers of the 
neck-patches in these specimens are cream-coloured the 
exposed portions are white. ‘The skin which I brought 
home from S.W. Persia was similarly coloured, and I 
thought at that time that the exposed portion was much 
bleached and therefore referred the specimen to C. p. casvotis. 
I now find that the concealed portions of these feathers in 
European birds are very often cream-coloured, and also that 
both in Mr. Woosnam’s specimens and in mine this colour 
is not so dark as that of these feathers in true C. p. 
casiotis. 1 think, therefore, that these birds should be 
referred to the typical C. palumbus. 
TURTUR TURTUR. 
Lurtur auritus Gray ; [B. 270]. 
3g. May 10, Feridan District. 
This specimen, which from Mr. Woosnam’s notes appears 
to have been a migrant, is typical, and cannot be referred to 
T. t. arenicola. Yhe wing measures 176 mm. 
PreRocLes ARENARIUS (Pall.). [B. 271: *W. 568.] 
g. June 25, Lake Van, alt. 5000 ft. 
« Not uncommon.”—R. B. W. 
