Ornithological Notes from Afghanistan. 61 
(604) AGRODROMA JERDONI. 
Agrodroma jerdoni, Finsch, Trans. Z. 8. vii. p. 197. 
Corydalla griseorufescens, Hume, Ibis, 1870, p. 286. 
Agrodroma sordida, Riipp. apud Jerdon, B. of Ind. i. 
p. 236. 
The only specimen of Agr odroma which I preserved in 
Afghanistan agrees closely with others from Upper Scinde 
(Blanford), Kashmir (Jerdon), and one in the Tweeddale 
collection marked N.W. India. These four specimens have 
not the secondaries and wing-coverts margined with rufous, 
nor have they the lower surface deep fulvous, as depicted in 
Mr. Hume’s plate (Lah. to Yark. pl. xxi.) ; but these parts 
are of a light fulvous or ochre-fulvous, as Dr. Finsch describes 
them (loc. cit.). They have the breast-striations barely indi- 
cated, and strongly resemble the Abyssinian specimens Nos, 
1571 and 1794 (but vide Ibis, 1869, p. 437) referred to by 
Dr. Finsch (loc. cit.), and which are in my possession. These 
are true A. sordida, Rupp. 
All the other specimens I have in my collection from N.W. 
India generally agree with Mr. Hume’s plate above referred 
to, but not with the Afghan bird. The only marked difference 
between my Afghan and Kashmir birds and true A. sordida 
from Abyssinia is that they possess the fulvous spot at the 
tip of the second tail-feather, as, indeed, do all specimens 
from N. India. Mr. Hume is, I think, mistaken in saying 
that A. sordida, Rupp., has no striz on the breast. Both 
the Abyssinian specimens I have referred to are striated, 
faintly it is true, but still more distinctly than many birds 
from N.W. India. 
This large Pipit is common on the slopes of the Safed Koh. 
I found the nest on the 22nd June under a small bush at the 
foot of a rock. It was neatly let into the ground, and con- 
tained three eggs, which I regret not being able to describe, 
as my collection of eggs has not yet arrived from India. 
(638) LorHopHANES MELANOLOPHUS. 
Parus melanolophos, Vigors, P.Z.S. 1831, p. 28. 
Agrees with other examples from the Himalayas (Simla, 
Darjeeling). 
