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^urtliur Jldditiuns U the ^M\x S^mfmm, 



By Capt. E. a. Butler, H. M's. 83rd Regt. 



Mr. Doia and I have now eight more species to add to the 

 Sindh list, and I have a few further remarks to record in regard 

 to the birds of this province. 



Additional Species. 



[118.— Merops philippinus, Lin. 



Observed by Mr. Doig in the Eastern Narra districts, and be- 

 lieved by him to breed there.] 



532.— Prinia flaviventris, Deless. 



I found this tiny and beautiful little Grass Warbler in the 

 neighbourhood of Sukkur, in low tamarisk jungle interspersed 

 •with bright Pampus grass,* and managed to secure two specimens 

 just before I left, one of which I sent to Mr. Hume to examine. 



I only observed it in one strip of jungle, where there were 

 several pairs, but have no doubt it occurs all over that neigh- 

 bourhood. I had never seen the bird before, and had no books 

 with me to refer to ; but its conspicuous canary yellow flanks 

 and abdomen enabled me at a glance to identify it. Measure- 

 ments as follows : — 



Sex. Length. Weight. Tail. Bill at Bill from Expanse. Locality. 



Front. Gape. 



Male 4-75 1-75 3-25 -37 -50 5-50 Sukkur 



Female 4-75 1-68 2 '37 -56 5-50 20th Feby. 79 



Irides light brown ; legs and feet very pale, brownish or 

 yellowish flesh ; bill blackish plumbeous. 



Mr. Doig has also, I understand, met with this species in the 

 Eastern Narra districts. So that it is clearly entitled to a place 

 in our list. 



[600.— Corydalla rufula, Vieill. 



Observed and found breeding by Mr. Doig in the Eastern 

 Narra districts.] 



784.— Palumbus casiotis,t ^p- 



I saw a bird in a swamp near Sukkur, on the 19th January, 

 which I can, without hesitation, assert to have been a true Wood 



* 'Notreallff'Pa.iapa, Grass (Gynerium argenteum) which is S. American, but one 

 of the Andropogons. — Ed. 



\ Capt. Butler entered this as P. torquatus, the European form, but I have taken 

 the liberty to alter his text, because, though torquatus does occur in Asia Minor and 

 Palestine, and indeed has been sent from as far east as Baghdad and the Caspian Pro- 

 vinces of Persia ; from Afghanistan and Southern Persia as far west as Shiraz, at any 

 rate, it is casiotis only that I have seen, and the iindh bird could, therefore, scarcely by 

 any possibility be torquatus. — Ed. 



