442 
Mr. Douglas Carruthers on the 
5. Pyrrhocorax alpinus. 
Pyrrhocorax alpinus Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 149. 
J . Hissar Mts. 24 June, 1908. Nos. 602, 603. 
$ . „ „ „ No. 601. 
The Alpine Chough is very common at 9000 ft. in the 
Hissar Mts., but was never seen below 8000 ft. 
Severtzoff mentions that the Common Chough (P. gra~ 
cuius) is found in this district and in the Pamirs, but I never 
came across it. The northern range of P. alpinus is termi¬ 
nated by the Tian Shan Mts., but P. graculus extends 
further north into Siberia. 
6. Sturnus turpurascens. 
Sturnus purpurascens Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 37. 
<$. Samarkand. 29 April, 1908. No. 384. 
S . Bokhara. 14 March, 1908. Nos. 282, 286, 287,288. 
Imm. Samarkand. 17 Nov., 1907. No. 187. 
Imm. S ■ „ 29 Oct., 1907. No. 132. 
A resident in the cultivated lands; assembling in very 
large flocks in October, and roosting in the reed-beds that 
border the Zarafschan. 
Although Severtzoff mentions S. vulgaris as wintering in 
the Zarafschan district, I never obtained it. 
7. Pastor roseus. 
Pastor roseus Sharpe, Cat. B. xiii. p. 63. 
S . Samarkand. 29 April, 1908. No. 381. 
I obtained only one example of the Rose-coloured Starling, 
which was in a flock of Common Starlings. But when the 
locusts appeared in the neighbourhood of Samarkand large 
flocks of these birds were also to be seen preying on the 
locusts. 
Severtzoff mentions that he observed large flocks of Pastor 
roseus suddenly appearing in the neighbourhood of Kara- 
Kul, on the Pamirs, following flights of locusts. 
8. Grtqlus galbula. 
Oriolus galbula Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. p. 191. 
S- Samarkand. 12 Sept., 1907. No. 37. 
Imm. S • Samarkand. 13 Sept., 1907. No. 39. 
