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Alectoris graeca kurdestanicus, subsp. nov. 



Above darker than A. g. sinaica or vera\ Crown much 

 bi'owner than in the latter race. Nape without any of the 

 grey which is so characteristic of A. g. verce from south-west 

 Persia. Lacks the red-vinous colour of A. g. Cypriotes from 

 Palestine and Asia Minor. Nearest to A. g./alki, but paler. 

 Underparts : the blue-grey of the upper breast is slightly 

 darker than in A. g. synalca and verce. Lacks the vinous 

 wash on the breast of A. g. Cypriotes and falki. 



Three males and three females obtained at Dohuk in 

 Southern Kurdestan on 12. xii. 1922. Wings of males 

 164-173 mm. and of females 160-164 mm. 



Seven specimens of A. g. verce from S.W. Persia and a 

 large series of A. g. sinaica and Cypriotes examined. 



Type. In the Tring Museum, adult male, Dohuk, Southern 

 Tvurdestan, 12. xii. 1922. 



)~ Tchitrea viridis harterti, subsp. nov. 



Identical with T. viridis ferreti from Southern Abyssinia, 

 except for the noticeably larger bill — which character seems 

 to only apply to males. 



The bills of 7 males from Aden and Lahej measure 20 mm. 

 or over from the junction of culmen and skull, whereas in 

 24 birds, all males, from Southern Abyssinia the bill is rarely 

 19 mm., and seldom exceeds 18 mm. Hartert (Novit. Zoolog. 

 xxiv. 1917, p. 462) noted this difference, and I therefore 

 name the race after him. 



Type. In the Tring Museum. Adult male, 4000 feet, 

 Wasil, Yemen, 25. ii. 1913, collected by Bury. 



"^ Pterocles senegalensis hindustan, nom. nov. 



The Indian representative of Pterocles senegalensis was 

 named Pterocles exustus orientalis by Hartert (Novit. Zoolog. 

 1900, p. 28: India), but later the same author (Vog. Pal. 

 Fauna, ii. p. 1.511) united the Indian birds with those from 

 South-west Arabia, these latter having already been given 

 the name Pterocles senegalensis erlangeri. 



