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hereafter. At Lakki we were very successful among the bills, 

 aud iu the small- gardens close by the station we got a single 

 specimen of TcHirea paradisi, also Hirundo erythropygia and 

 Pericrocotus brevirostris. At Buggatoria, Graucalus macei. 



We returned to Kurrachee on 13th December 1877, and 

 the novelties or additions to the said list including those 

 procured in September and October-, and the collections made by 

 native collectors at Sehwau and Dowlutpoor are as follows: — 

 12. — Falco babylonicus,* Gurney. November, Sehwan. 

 74. — Ephialtes pennatus, Eodgs. Kurrachee. 

 85. — Hirundo erythropygia, Sykes. F. Fultem. November. 

 121. — Merops apiaster, Lin. Jeempeer. September and October. 

 1 99. — Cuculus canorus, Lin. Kurrachee. August and November. 

 261. — Lanius cristatus,* Lin. Jeempeer and Kotree. September 



and October. 

 259fo's. — Lanius auriculatus, P. L. S. Mull. Dowlutpoor. 



November. 

 270. — Graucalus macei, Less. Buggatoria. December. 

 273. — Pericrocotus brevirostris, Vig. Lakki. December. 

 288. — Muscipeta paradisi, Lin. Lakki. December. 

 436. — Malacocercus malcolmi, Sykes. Sehwau. November. 

 470. — Oriolus kundoo, Sykes. Sehwan. November. 

 490te?\ — Saxicola leucomela, Pallas. Dowlutpur. November. 

 495. — Ruticilla mesoleuca, Ehr. Sehwan. November. 

 553bis. — Hypolais caligata, Licht. Jeempeer. November. 

 589. — Motacilla maderaspatensis, Gm. Sehwan. November. 

 660bis. — Corvus umbrinus, Liedenb. Sund. Jacobabad. February. 

 687. — Temenuchus pagodarum, Gm. Trainhee. December. 

 720quat. — Emberiza miliaria, Linn. Dowlutpoor. December. 

 724. — Melophus melanicterus, Gm. Trainhee. December. 

 7h\ter. — Linaria cannabina, Lin. Dowlutpoor. November. 

 772. — Crocopus chlorigaster, Bly. Jacobabad. February. 

 938. — Tantalus leucocephalus, Gm. Jeempeer. September. 

 940. — Anastomus oscitans, Bodd. Jeempeer. September. 



Amongst these are several European birds which have never 

 before been known to occur in India, and I should like to have 

 an opinion as to the cause of their migration so far as Sindh. 

 Ave they found in Beloochistan or Persia ? If so, it is not so 

 strange that they should occur here too. 



The winter last season was very severe, and perhaps like 

 Cygnus olor, obtained by Mr. Watson a few weeks after my 

 leaving the Manchar; these strangers too were driven by stress 

 of weather within the limits of the province. 



* Already sent by Captain Butler, who has shot three or four, but not yet pub- 

 ished.— Ed. 



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