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76. Melanocorypha bimaculata. 



Melanocorypha bimaculata (Men.) ; Blanford, East. Persia, ii. p. 244 (1876); Severtz. t. c. pp. 67, 143 ; 

 Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 183; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 115; Scully, t.c. p. 84. 

 Calandrina torquata, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 470 (1856-58). 



1. 6 ; 2. 2 • Between Sang-bar and Karez-dasbt. 8tb November, 1884. 

 Zind-i-jan. 15th November, 1884. 



Between Asia-deh and Kar-o-bagb. 28th November, 1884. 

 Between Aftao and Kara-kainta. 1st December, 1884. 

 7. $ . Bala-morgbab, Badgbis. 17th January, 1885. 

 Between Mara-cbak and Ab-i-goshan. 17th February, 1885. 

 10. 2 • Gulran, Badgbis. 9th March, 1885. 

 . Gulran, Badgbis. 12th March, 1885. 

 „ „ 18th March, 1885. 



77. Certhilatjda desertorum. 



Certhilauda desertorum (Stanley) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 464 (1856-58) ; 

 Blanford, t. c. p. 240 (1870) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. 117. 



1. <5. Zagin. 5th November, 1884. 



Earn. STURNUm 



78. Pastor roseus. 



Pastor roseus (L.) ; Horsf. & Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.-I. Co. ii. p. 539 (1856-58) ; Blanford, t. c. 

 p. 267 ; C. Swinhoe, Ibis, 1882, p. Ill ; Scully, t. c. p. 86. 



Sturnus roseus, Severtz. /. c. p. 64; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 238. 



1, 2, 3. d ; 4, 5. ? . Tirphul, Hari-rud. 13th April, 1885. 



[The Rose-coloured Pastor was occasionally seen in immense flocks over the whole 

 Badghis and the Hari-rud valley ; in all probability it migrates from this to Persia, 

 where, according to Blanford, it is only met with in the north-west. — J. E. T. A.] 



79. Sturnus poltoratzkvi. 



Sturnus poltoratzkyi, Finsch, Verhandl. zool.-hot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1879, p. 202 ; Scully, t. c. p. 86. 

 1, 2, 3. <$ . Kushk, Badghis. 5th December, 1884. 

 4, 5. c? ; 6. 2 ■ Gulran, Badghis. 19th March, 1885. 

 7. 2 • Gulran, Badghis. 18th March, 1885. 



Dr. Scully has recorded Shimus vulgaris also from Chahar Shainba. It is doubtless 

 Sturnus menzbieri. 



[This species was common, and noticed at Bala-morghab during the whole winter. 

 A Starling of some kind was seen flitting about flocks of sheep and cattle in our marches 

 near the Hamun of the Helmand ; but no specimens were obtained. — J. E. T. A.] 



