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Galerida cristata, (L.) Algiers. (Well distinguished from the species re- 

 ferred in the museum to G. chendoola and G. Boysii of India). 



"fCalandrella brachydactyla, (L.). Italy. (Identical with the so called ' Ortolan' 

 of India, Emberiza baghaira, Franklin, v. Alauda dukhunensis, Sykes.) 



Accentor alpinus, (Gm.) Male and female. Switzerland. 



Parus sibiricus, Gm. Siberia. 



Lanius rvfus, L. Two males. Algiers. 



Pycnonotus obscurus, (Gm.) Female. Algiers. 



fPetrocossyphus cyaneus, (L.) Male and female. Italy and Algiers. 

 (Identical with P. longirostris, nobis, J. A. S. XIV, 150 ; and barely, if at 

 all, separable from P. pandoo (Sykes) : but distinct from P. affinis, 

 nobis, and P. manillensis, (Gm.). 



Saxicola leucura, (Gm.) Female. Algiers. (Distinct from S. leucura apud 

 nos, J. A. S. XIV, 131 ; now S. opistholeuca, Strickland.) 



S. stapazina, (Gm.) Male. Algiers. (Well distinguished from S. atrogu- 

 laris, nobis, J. A. S. XVI, 131.) 



S. aurita, Tern. Male. Algiers. 



*Pratincola rubicola, (L.) Three specimens. Algiers. 



*Pr. rubetra, (L.) Female. Algiers. 



Ruticilla tithys, (L.) Female. France. 



Muscicipa atricapilla, Gm. ! M. luctuosa, Tern. Algiers. 



* fHi^undo rustica, L. Algiers. 



fH. rupestris, Gm. Algiers. 



fBudytes melanocephala, (Savi). Male. Algiers. This appears to be perfectly 

 identical with the common Indian and Malayan species, the adult males 

 of which (towards the breeding season) have the head and ear-coverts 

 dark fuscous-slaty, contrasting with a white chin and line bordering the 

 throat, and a bright yellow throat and under-parts. Whether during the 

 height of the breeding season the head becomes pure black, we are un- 

 aware ; but suspect not, though we have seen black-headed specimens in 

 European museums. Burnes figures one from Kabul, and Mr. Jerdon 

 refers to such in the Madras Journal, XI, 19, citing them under the name 

 B. melanocephala.) (1) 



E. cinereocapilla, Bonap. Male. Algiers. (Resembles the last, except that the 

 whole throat, as well as chin, is pure white.) 



*B.jlava, (L.) : jB. neglecta, Gould. Male. Algiers. (Identical with speci- 



(1) Capt. T. Hutton has subsequently presented the museum with a pair from Kan- 

 dahar, the male of which has the head, nape, and ear-coverts quite black. His Deyra 

 Doon species appears to be the same as the Bengal one ; but his Pied Wagtail of the Doon 

 is well distinguished alike from Motacillaz luzoniensis, alba, and Yarreliii. 



