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breeding-season. There were also the smart little rock- 
partridges ( Ammoperdix cholmleyi ), which we had already- 
shot near Sinkat, and also in those terribly barren shale- 
mountains, the Gamilab hills, that shut in Erkowit on 
the south. Lynes penetrated afar into this Gehenna of 
Gamilab, and reported deadly nightshade as its typical 
plant! But he added therein several new species to 
Broad-winged Ravens ( Corvus affinis) at Erkowit. 
our collections, inter alia , the brown rock-pipit, Anthus 
sordidus (what a libellous name!), Emberiza cinerea , 
E. septemstriata , and others of which the note is mislaid. 
Around our camp soared, croaked, and chuckled 
Broad-winged ravens ( Corvus affinis) —eerie, wraith-like 
creatures with long necks and an immense crinoline-like 
expansion of the secondaries, so exaggerated as almost 
to coalesce with the short and rounded tail—as shown 
(I think fairly accurately) in the sketches annexed. 
Many of their notes were harsh and corvine enough ; 
but others sounded soft and confidential—almost musical, 
like the soliloquies of our ravens at home. 
