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Oypaeius barbatus (L.). — Lammergeier. 



Lammergeiers or Bearded Vultures were quite common at Kermanshah in 

 November and December 1918 and at Asadabad in December 1918 and I also 

 saw them at Menjil in March and April, but I never obtained a specimen. 



Qyps fulvus (Hablizl.) — Griffon Vulture. 



The Griffon was seen commonly all along the road from Qasr-i-Shirin to Men 

 jil. As is of course natural it is sometimes not seen for many miles where a 

 good road runs across level desert, but it is always quite common on passes 

 and other places where the badness of the road kills the overburdened camel 

 or mule. The Griffon was never seen in the forest country. 



Neophron percnopterus (L.) — Egyptian Vulture. 



The Egyptiptn Vulture is not so common as the Griffon, but was occasionally 

 seen wherey^r there was food for it, for instance at Qazvin, and Menjil. I did 

 not see the bird at Qazvin in mid-winter though I lived there for a month, and 

 it is probable that it is a partial migrant from the colder and more wind-swept 

 parts of the plateau during the winter. 



Ciconia cicona (L) (C. alba.) — White Stork. 



Cheesman found White Storks breeding at Kangavar, and at Karind he 

 observed " a colony nesting on cliffs high above the village ". I can find no 

 other record of the breeding of the White Stork on cliffs, and this is a most 

 interesting record. 



Ciconia nigra (L.) — Black Stork. 



I saw several Black Storks at Astara in early July ; they frequented both 

 banks of the Astara river, which here forms the northern boundary of Perda. 

 I never saw the species elsewhere. 



Plegadis falcinellus (L.) — The Glossy Ibis. 

 I saw one only, on 26th May at Enzeu. 



Ardea cinerea, L. — Common Heron. 



1 cS , Enzeli — 10th June (wing 470, culmen 133 mm.). 

 I saw Common Herons fishing in the Kara Su marshes near Kermanshah on 

 29th November 1918, but I do not know whether the species breeds anywhere 

 in the neighbourhood. The Common Heron is abundant all the year roimd 

 in the lagoon of Enzeli. 



Ardea purpurea, L. — Purple Heron. 



I never saw the Purple Heron in winter, though Zarudny records it as present 

 in Mdnter and also breeding in his " South Caspian region ". It appeared at 

 Enzeli in the second week in April and was common all through the summer. 



Enretta alba (L.) — Great White Heron. 



The Great White Heron is common in winter both in the lagoon and along 

 the actual sandy shore of the Caspian. The fact that I never saw it in summer 

 is probably due to my having been unable to explore the lagoons at that time of 

 year, 



Egretta garzeita (L.) — Little Egret. 



The Little Egret was common in winter on and about the water-buffaloes 

 all round the lagoon. 



Ardeola ralloides (Scop). — Squacco Heron. 



I shot two males of the Squacco Heron on 29th April at" Enzeli feeding among 

 cows in a marsh. I had not seen the species before and had I not collected 

 them should certainly have recorded "Squacco Heron arrived, paired," The 

 testes of both were enlarged. 



