566 F. Finn — Afghan- Baluch Birds. "So. 4, 



We slioiild like to mention here that Dr. Turnbull and Colonels 

 Holdich and Wahab, who were delimiting the Perso-Balach Frontier 

 simultaneously with the operations of the .Afghan-Baluch Commission, 

 also made a small but valuable collection of Reptiles. Among these, 

 besides many of the species already mentioned, were two fine specimens 

 of Agama megalonyx Griinther, and a large specimen of Lytorhynchus 

 ridgewayi Boulenger. 



We may also note here that Eublepharus maadarius Blyth, has 

 been found in a small collection from Chitral made by Assifitant- 

 Surgeon F. J. Daly. 



List of the Birds collected by the Afghan-Baluch Boundary Commission of 

 1896. — By F. Finn, B.A., F. Z. S., Deputy Superintendent of the 

 Indian Museum. 



[ Read December 2nd, 1896. ] 



Dr. F. P. Maynard brought home from the Afghan-Baluch Boun- 

 dary expedition a fine series of well-preserved bird-skins, bat as they 

 all belong to well-known species I shall confine myself to giving a 

 nominal list, in which I follow the nomenclature and arrangement of 

 the Bird volumes of the Fauna of British India series so far as these 

 have progressed, and elsewhere as far as possible those of the British 

 Museum Catalogue. 



For a general account, with map, of the country traversed, 

 the account of the Reptiles collected by the Commission, appearing in 

 the present number of the Society's Journal, (Vol. LXV. Pt. II. Xo. 1. 

 p. 550) may be consulted. Herein Dr. Maynard states that most of the 

 birds were shot round about Sahib Zada Kili, a village at the 

 northern end of Shorawuk, in Afghan territory. 



Dr. Maynard also informs me that most of the specimens were 

 obtained by Lieutenant F. C. Webb- Ware of the 7th Bombay Lancers. 



List of the species collected. 



1. Gorvus corax. 7. Pratincola maura. 



2. Gorvus umbrinus. 8. Saxicola albi nigra. 



3. Pica rustica. 9. Saxicola deserti. 



4. Prinia lepida. 10. Buticiila erythronota. 



5. JJanius vittatus. 11. Buticiila rujiventris. 



6. Lanius isabellinus. 12. Cyanecula suecica. 



