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(Enanthe pleschanka pleschanJca (Lepecsb)— Siberian Wheatear. 



2 6, 1 $, Tehran— 13- 14th June, (R. E.G.). 

 " Gape black : with flying young, feeding done entirely by 5 during J hom- 

 I was watching" (R. E. C). 

 (Enanthe xanthoprymiia chrysopygia (De Fil) — Red-tailed Wheatear. 



2 J , 1 sex ? near Qazvin — 25, 26 September. 



2 5 (one cream-coloured) near Tehran — 13-16 June (R. E. C). 



2 S (1st plumage) near Tehran — 13th June (R. E. C). 

 The Red-tailed Wheatear was common on the high-road between Menjil 

 and Qazvin at the end of September at about 4,000 ft. It had then moved down 

 from its breeding groimds, as in July it is never seen on that stretch of road ; 

 nor is it found there in winter, Cheesman found this bird in the hills behind 

 Tehran on 14th June at from 5,500 to 12,000 ' feet, accompained by fledged 

 young. He noticed that it frequently dives under the shadow of a large rock- 

 and then allows one to approach closely to it. 



Saxicola rubetra noskce (Tschusi) — Whinchat. 

 1 S , Enzeli— 1st May. 

 The Whinchat was common at Enzeli in the last week of April and early 

 May. The single specimen preserved belongs to the race P. r. noskce, described 

 by Tschusi from North Caucasia. The species did not remain to breed at 

 Enzeli. 



Phoenicurus phoenicurus pTioenicurus (L) — Common Redstart. 



The Common Redstart arrived in numbers at Enzeli on 30th April. I have 

 no note of the date on which I last saw it in the spring, but it did not remain 

 to breed. 



Phoenicurus ochrurus ochrurus (Gmel.). 



1 c?. 1 $, Qasr-i-Shirin— 24th November 1918. 

 These specimens were the only ones I saw of this Redstart. 



Phoenicurus erythronota (Eversm.) — Eversman's Redstart. 



1 d, 1 $,Asadabad — December 1918. 



1 iS Hamadan — December 1918. 

 Eversman's Redstart is common in orchards in mid-winter, at Asadabad, 

 Hamadan and Qazvin. No weather appears too severe for it, and it occurs 

 at any rate up to 8,000 ft. at Christmas time. 



Luscinia megarhynclm africana (Fisch. and Rchw.) — Nightingale. 



1 cJj 1 imm., Tehran — June (R. E. C). 



3 6, EnzeU— June (R. E. C. and P. A. B.). 

 Nightingales arrived and began to sing at Enzeli in the last few days of April. 

 They were exceedingly local, but six or eight pairs bred undoubtedly in one 

 swampy bramble and alder thicket of about three acres, and few others for 

 miles around in very similar country. Cheesman found several pairs breeding 

 at Gulahek and at Tehran, on 6-8th June he found eggs, unfledged and 

 flying young. On 12th Jvine at the Legation, Tehran three fresh eggs were 

 found in a nest which was unfinished six days before. He heard Nightingales 

 up to 8,000 ft. in the mountains just behind Tehran. 

 Erithacus rubecula hyrcanus, Blanf — North Persian Robin. 



1 :S, I $ , Resht— 21-28 January. 



1 d, Noglabar— 21st March (1,000ft.). 

 Erithacus rubecula cau^asicus, Buturlin — Caucasian Robin. 



2 5 , Resht— 15th February, 8th March. 



The North Persian Robin {E. r. hyrcanus) and that from Caucasia {E. r. cau- 

 casicus) winter together in the forests round Resht and Enzeli. They are common, 

 but difficult to detect in the dense jungle. About the end of March, Robins become 



