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to bestow on it the title of Pericrocotus novus. It belongs 
to the P. flammeus group, and is most nearly allied to P. 
exsul of Java. 
28. Sturnia yiolacea (252). 
Luzon, to which new. 
29. Calornis panayensis (255). 
Guimaras. Not previously recorded thence. 
30. Ardetta sinensis. 
Luzon. Not recorded before from Luzon. 
XXII.— On a Collection of Birds from the vicinity of Muscat. 
By R. Bowdler Sharpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.. Zoological 
Department, British Museum of Natural History. 
(Plate YI.) 
For the collection here described the British Museum is 
indebted to the kindness of Colonel Miles, and the 
interest which attaches to any series of birds from a new 
locality is certainly not wanting in the present instance. 
The only information we possess up to the present concerning 
the ornithology of this part of Arabia is contained in a short 
reference in Mr. Hume ; s diary of his expedition to Sind and 
the Mekran coast (f Stray Feathers/ i. pp. 144-166). Mr. 
Hume was at Muscat on the 22nd of February, 1872, and 
stayed till the evening of the 24th. Beyond a few Gulls and 
sea-birds, he found on shore only some Common Sandpipers, 
Egyptian Yultures, Ospreys, Ravens, Sparrows, Turtle-Doves, 
and a Kingfisher; hut it was of course impossible for him 
in such a short visit to get into the interior, where, however, 
he was informed, there were many birds. We hope soon 
to receive from Colonel Miles some further particulars as to 
the exact localities where the specimens were procured, but 
meanwhile I have thought it of some interest to give a list 
of the species. 
Where the species have not been mentioned in the British 
Museum f Catalogue of Birds/ I have referred to Mr. Hume’s 
“ List of Indian Birds/-’ published in ‘ Stray Feathers y for 
