80 J. Scully — On a Collection of Mammals and [No. 1, 



18 Upupa epops, Linn. 



1. Maimanah Chul, March 6. 



19. Lanius phcenicuroides, Severt. 



1. Marachak, Badghis, Herat, March 20. 



2. Khwaja Gogirdak, Mnrghab, ditto, March 27. 



3. 4, Darband-i-Kil Rekhta ditto ditto, May 18. 

 5. Maruchak, Badghis, ditto, May 18, 



All these specimens fall under section B of the rufous-tailed 

 shrikes as characterised by me in the Ibis, 1881, p 433. Nos. 3 and 4$ 

 are in full adult plumage, having the head very rufous, the bill, the 

 whole lores, and the post-ocular stripe black, and the lower surface of 

 the body white. Nos. 1, 2 and 5 are in immature plumage with bars on 

 the breast, but the head is distinctly darker than the back. In all, the 

 second primary is either intermediate in length to the fifth and sixth, or 

 equals the sixth. In all stages this species seems to me readily distin- 

 guishable from L, isahellinuSf Hempr. and Ehr. 



20. EllTTHROSTERNA PARVA, (Bcchst.). 



1. ? Chahar Shamba, Maimanah, April 29. 



21. Pratincola caprata, (Linn.). 



1. cT Maruchak, Badghis, Herat, March 19. 



2. cf Karawal Khana ditto ditto, April 9. 



3. cf Ditto ditto ditto, April 19. 



4. ? Kila Wali, Murghab ditto, May 13. 



22. Pratincola maura, (Pallas). 



1, 2, Kara Baba, Maimanah, March 6. 



3. Maruchak, Badghis, Herat, March 18. 



4. Ditto ditto ditto, March 24. 



5. Khwajeh Gogirdak, Mnrghab, ditto, March 27. 

 G. Karawal Khana, Badghis, ditto, April 9. 



23. Sylvia affinis, Blyth. 



1. Chahar Shamba, Maimanah, April 28. 



2. Ditto ditto, May 1. 



24. Sylvia minuscula, Hume. 



1. Maruchak, Badghis, Herat, March 13. 



