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13. Pica pica. 



Pica pica (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iii. p. 62 (1877). 



Pica bactriana, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 550 (1856-58). 

 Pica caudata, var. bactriana, Severtz. t. c. p. 64; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 238. 



Pica rustica, Blanf. t. c. p. 264 ; Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 63 ; Barnes, Str. F. 1880, ix. p. 218 ; 

 C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. Ill; Scully, t.c. p. 85. 



1. $ . Koaja-palounda, Badghis. 5th December, 1884. 



2. $ . Ab-i-kamarra, Badghis. 9th December, 1884. 



These belong to the white-rumped ordinary form, and not to the black-ramped P. 

 bactriana. 



14. Pica leucoptera. 



Pica leucoptera, Gould; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iii. p. 66 (1877). 



1. ? . Khusan, Hari-rud. 20th November, 1884. 



The presence of this Magpie on the Hari-rud is certainly interesting. It was procured 

 on the west side of the Paropamisus, which separates the Badghis territory from the 

 Hari-rud valley. To reach this latter locality one must suppose that the Turkestan 

 Magpie migrated across the desert of Merv, and then followed the valley along the Hari- 

 rud, as the Badghis specimens might have been naturally expected to be Pica leucoptera, 

 instead of being identical with ordinary Pica pica. 



Fam. MUSCICAPID^l. 



15. MUSCICAPA GRISOLA. 



Muscicapa grisola (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iv. p. 151 (1879); Severtz. t.c. p. 67 ; Dresser, Ibis, 

 1876, p. 188 ; Bla D ford, t. c. p. 143 ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 104. 

 Butalis grisola, Wardlaw-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 53. 



1. $ . Between Chil-gaz and Sim-koh, Badghis. 17th May, 1885. 



16. Muscicapa parva. 



Muscicapa parva, Bechst.; Sharpe, Cat. Birds, iv. p. 161 (1879) ; Severtz. t.c. p. 67; Dresser, Ibis 

 1886, p. 188. 



Enjthrosterna parva, Blanf ord, /. c. p. 144; Scully, t. c. p. 80. 



1, 2, 3. J . Gulran, Badghis. 23rd March, 1885. 

 4, 5, 6. <J. Tirphul, Hari-rud. 12th April, 1885. 



7. (?,imm. „ „ 19th Aprd, 1885. 



8. $ . Kambao, Badghis. 1st May, 1885. 



No. 7 is in brown (female) plumage, but has the throat washed with red, much brighter 

 than in any female. This shows that the male does not gain his full plumage in the first 

 year. 



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