THE BIRDS OF A DROUGHT, 



2nd primary intermediate between 7th and 8th (1 specimen.) 

 Jodhpur, Male, 2 - 55. 



As regards this species I have to notice that there is a 

 marked variation in the color of the lores and ear-coverts. In 

 some specimens these are barely darker than the nape ; in others 

 they are almost black. This difference is not apparently due 

 to either sex or season, as I have specimens of both sexes with 

 the dark lores and ear-coverts, and also with the pale ones, killed 

 in October, November, December, January, February, March, 

 and April ; it is either an individual peculiarity, or it may be 

 dependant on the age of the bird. 



Third. — We have the small desert race which I designated 

 minida, with a pale blue grey crown, aud with the whole 



