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Caspian Sea and the Elburz Mountains. 
Accentor ocularis Radde. [W. 1907, p. 88.] 
Accentor jerdoni (nec Brooks). [W. 1903, p. 544.] 
S S $ • April 20, Elburz Mts. near Demavend, (alt. 
<? &. May 4, J 8000-9000 ft.). 
c? S. April 30, Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 8000 ft.). 
“ Quite common around the lower slopes of Mt. Dema¬ 
vend and seen so low as 8000 ft.”—R. B. W. 
In the female the pectoral band is not so bright as in the 
male, and the crown of the head is not nearly so dark. 
Accentor modularis jblanfordi Zar. [B. 202.] 
$ . March 6, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
“ Only met with in the low country or the north side of 
the mountains.”—R. B. W. 
I think there is little doubt that this specimen belongs to 
the form described from the country to the south-west of 
Ispahan by M. Zaiudny (Orn. Monatsb. xii. p. 164), and 
from the same district by Blanford under the name of 
A. rubidus , Temm. & Schl., var. (‘ Eastern Persia/ vol. ii. 
p. 202). The wing-formula in this specimen is similar to 
that of the British Hedge-Sparrow ( A . m. occidentalis) , the 
2nd primary being very slightly longer than the 7th and 
considerably shorter than the 6th. The whole of the 
upper parts of the bird are paler, and the head and neck 
are greyer than in the typical form; the dark portions of 
the feathers of the mantle are smaller and distinctly less 
dark, while the rump and upper tail-coverts are more greyish- 
brown and not so rufous; the greater and median wing- 
coverts are tipped with white, not buff. The specimen is, 
however, much worn. 
Cinclus cinclus caucasicus Mad. [W. 1907, p. 90.] 
$ $ . April 22 & 24, Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 3000 ft.). 
This is the form of the Dipper found in Asia Minor and 
the Caucasus. 
“ Dippers were seen frequently on the lower streams in 
the Elburz up to about seven or eight thousand feet, but, as 
usual, they were almost impossible to pick up when shot.” 
—R. B. W. 
