184/.] Notes on the Ornithology of Candahar. 779 



30. Sturnus indicus, Hodgson [vulgaris, Lin.] Arrives in the 

 winter months only, and departs in spring. 



31. St. unicolor, Marmora. These were far more numerous than 

 St. indicus, and inclined to keep separate from them ; the flocks being 

 sometimes without a single spotted bird among them. Of five speci- 

 mens in my possession, all are like those I send for inspection, but in 

 life the bill is brown, not yellow. St. indicus remains only during the 

 coldest months and departs as spring approaches ; whereas the present 

 species builds in the spring at Candahar, laying 7 or 8 blue eggs, and 

 the young are fledged about the first week in May.* 



32. Pastor roseus, (L.) ' Goolabi Mynah' of India. These birds 

 arrive at Candahar in immense flocks in the spring, but disappear with 

 the mulberries which they devour greedily. Their stay is very short. 

 [The same is remarked by Vigne, who, from observation, states it to 

 visit Persia, Afghanistan, and parts of India, in the mulberry season.] 



33. Passer indicuSy Jardine, and Selby, [p. 470, ante]. Common in 

 Afghanistan, and does not differ from the Indian Sparrow. 



34. P. [hispaniolensis, (Tem.) !] Is found all the year through, 

 and builds both in houses and trees. I formerly mistook this for the 

 Tree Sparrow, P. montanus, (L.) [The occurrence of this N. African 

 Sparrow, and of Sturnus unicolor (another common species of Barbary), 

 in Afghanistan, is exceedingly remarkable : but I am as satisfied of the 

 correctness of these identifications as can be, without actual comparison 

 with African specimens.] 



35. Gymnoris [petronius, (L.)] Arrives at Candahar in the latter 

 end of April, and departs in autumn ; it was far from common there, 

 though probably among the gardens on the Helmund they were more 

 plentiful. It frequents trees [like G.Jlavicollis of India]. 



36. [Carpodacus crassirostris, n. s. (p. 476, ante).] Found at 

 Quetta in spring. 



37. Carduelis caniceps, Vigors. Common at Quetta and Candahar 

 in winter and spring. 



38. [Loxia curvirostra, (L.) Of this I have seen a living speci- 

 men, besides skins, from Afghanistan.] 



39. Emberiza [icterica, Eversh.] This bird arrives at Candahar in 



* Vide Mr. Drummond's Notice of this species in Barbary. — Ann. Mag. N. H,. 

 XVI, 104. -E. B. 



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