460 
Mr. Douglas Carruthers on the 
86. Ruticilla rufiventris. 
Ruticilla rufiventris Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 312. 
d. Samarkand. 25 April, 1908. No. 358. 
$. Hissar Mts. 20 June, 1908. Nos. 543, 542. 
$ imra. Samarkand. 23 Oct., 1907. Nos. 111,109, 110. 
$ . Samarkand. 15-23 Oct., 1907. Nos. 113, 95, 75, 
112 . 
Common on the rocky foot-hills of Zarafschan, and breeding 
at 9000 ft. in the Hissar Range. 
87. Ruticilla erythronota. 
Ruticilla erythronota Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 348. 
<£. Samarkand. 19 Oct., 1907. No. 91. 
$ . „ 21-22 Oct., 1907. Nos. 105, 96. 
? . ,, 6 March, 1908. No. 277. 
88. Ruticilla c^ruleocephala. 
Ruticilla cceruleocephala Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 353. 
$. Hissar Mts. 14-24 June, 1908. Nos. 570, 571, 
525, 569, 544. 
$ . Hissar Mts. 16-20 June, 1908. Nos. 558, 567. 
This is a common bird in the juniper-forests from 9000 to 
9500 ft. in the Hissar Mts. It breeds in June, making a nest 
of grass on the ground, under the stump of a tree, composed 
of grass and moss, lined with a few feathers. The birds were 
sitting on eggs on the 18th of June. They appear to keep 
entirely to the forests, where they haunt the thickets, and are 
not to be met with on the open rocky slopes. 
89. Daulias hafizi. 
Erithacus golzii Seebohm, Cat. B. v. p. 297. 
d. Samarkand. Sept. 1907. Nos. 13, 36. 
<J. „ 6 May, 1908. No. 429. 
$ . „ 9 Sept., 1907. No. 19. 
■Sex doubtful. Samarkand. 6 May, 1908. No. 428. 
This bird arrives at the end of April in the Samarkand 
district, but apparently breeds only at a slightly higher 
altitude. In June there were no Nightingales singing in tlie 
neighbourhood of Samarkand, but in the higher part of the 
■Zarafschan Valley at 4000 ft. there were many. 
