108 Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from 
Prerocies atcuata (L.). 
*eteracies alchata (ii) > |B. 271). 
6 ¢. Feb. 23, near Bushire. 
“Seen in large packs.”—R. B. W. 
Dr. Blanford did not meet with this Sand-Grouse, but he 
was informed by Major St. John that he had seen it near 
Bushire in winter. These specimens have the subterminal 
bands to the primary-coverts white, and have a_ paler 
chest-band than Western birds. 
PreRDIX PERDIX (L.). 
*Perdix cinerea (L.); [B. 273]. 
dg. June 15, near Lake Urmia, alt. 4000 ft. 
FRANCOLINUS VULGARIS Steph. [B. 273; W. 569.} 
6 2. March 17, Shus, alt. 500 ft. 
AMMOPERDIX BONHAMI (Fraser). [B. 274; W. 569.] 
Ammoperdix bonhami ter-meulent Sar. & Loud., Orn. Jahrb. 
XV. p. 226 (Arabistan). 
&$ 9. March 4, Bund-i-Kar (Karun River). 
CaccaBIs SAXATILIS CHUKAR Gray. [W. 570.] 
Caccabis chukar Gray, var.; [B. 275]. 
Caccabis chukar were Sar. & Loud., Orn. Jahrb. xv. 
p- 225 (South Luristan and Arabistan). 
6. April 10, Mal Amir. 
As Dr. Blanford has remarked, and as I noted in the ‘ Ibis’ 
(1903, p. 570), the Western Persian and Mesopotamian 
Chikars are very pale in coloration. M.Sarudny and Baron 
Loudon have given a name to the bird, but it seems to me 
quite useless to bestow a name upon specimens from any 
particular locality in the case of such a bird, which varies 
greatly throughout its range, without first reviewing the 
whole group of which it is only one of many forms. Such 
naming is mere labelling and does not help us at all. 
Corurnix communis Bonn. [*B. 278; W. 568.1 
g °. March 25, Shuteit, River. 
