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from the ranges bounding Cashmere on the south; it is common about Sind and the Punjab 

 west of the Jhelum, comparatively rare where there is any cultivation. He found it alike on 

 the earthen cliffs of the Jhelum near Jung, and other similar localities of the Chenab and Indus, 

 and again in precipitous places throughout the hills that divide Kelat from Sind and that 

 run parallel to the Mekran coast. Occasionally, but rarely, he found it, as near Mooltan, in 

 fallow fields. 



This Chat frequents rocky and barren localities, and is seldom seen where there is 

 cultivation. De Filippi first obtained it in the highest and most stony parts of the hills 

 which encircle Demavend ; and Mr. Blanford's specimens were shot in stony ravines. Mr. Hume 

 remarks that it is strictly terrestrial, and that he never once saw it perch on a bush or tree. 

 Nothing is known respecting its nidification, but Mr. Blanford surmises that it breeds amongst 

 the rocks. 



The specimen figured is the adult male above described, and is in my own collection. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined, besides the series in the British 

 Museum, the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, $ , b, $. West of Sehwan, Sind, February 1875. c, $ . Gwadar, Baluchistan, December 1871 (TV. T. 

 Blanford) . 



