1887.1 G. King— Ou the Species of Loranthiis ind'ujoioiis to Fcrak. 89 



105. FULIGULA NYROCA, (Giild.). 



1. c^ 2 ^ Kila Wall, Murghab, Herat, March 5. 

 3. cf Maruchak, Badgliis, ditto, March 16. 



106. Clangula glaucion, (Linn.). 



1. $ Chahar Shamba, Maimanah Feb, 12. 



2. Marucliak, Murghab, Herat, March 15. 



3. cf Ditto ditto, March 20. 



107. Erismatuba leucocephala, Scop. 



1. Maruchak, Afghau Turkistan, March 21, 



108. Mkrgus albellus, (Linn.). 



1. (^ Adult, Maimanah, Feb, 10, 



2. ^ jno. Chahar Shamba, Maimanah, Feb. 12, 



3. ? Ditto ditto, Feb. 17. 



No. 1 is in fine black and wliite plumage. 



109. Tadorna vulpanser, Flem. 



1, OxTis, Afghan Turkistan, Feb. 



110. Casarca rutila, PaU. 



1. Karawal Khana, Murghab, Herat, April lO. 



VII. — On the Species of Loranthus indigenous to PeraJc. — By George 

 King, M. B,, LL. D., F. L. S., Superintendent of the Boyal Botanic 

 Garden^ Calcutta. 



[Received 29th March 1887 ;— Read 4th May 1887.] 



Prior to the date of the punitive expedition which was despatched 

 to Perak some years ago, that province was practically an unknown 

 country. One of the results of the expedition just mentioned was the 

 location in the state of a British Resident. And as the office of Resident 

 has, fortunately for the interests of science and civilization, been held^ 

 almost from its first institution, by Sir Hugh Low, we are now in pos- 

 session of the materials for obtaining some knowledge of its natural 

 history. During the past few years considerable botanical collections 

 have been accumulated by the Rev. Father Scortechini (now, alas ! no 

 more) who collected on behalf of the Perak Government, and by Mr. 

 H. H. Kunstler, who collected for the Calcutta Botanic Garden. From 

 the materials brought together by these gentlemen and which have come 

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