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from the vicinity of Muscat. 
to find that the Babbling Thrush of the Muscat district is 
A. squamiceps and not A. liuttoni , which is the species inha¬ 
biting Persia. 
Lanius fallax, Finsch; Gadow, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. viii. 
p. 247. 
No. 22. Two specimens, which appear to agree with 
those determined by Dr. Gadow as L. fallax in the British 
Museum. One similar specimen was sent from Fao by 
Mr. D. W. Gumming. 
Motacilla alba, L .; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. x. p. 454. 
Nos. 13, 17. Two specimens in winter plumage. 
Galerita cristata, L .; Hume, Stray F. 1879, p. 139. 
No. 27. Two specimens. 
Merops muscatensis, Sharpe, antea, p. 15. 
M. affinis M. cyanophryi , sed rostro minore et linea super- 
ciliari viridi-cyanea nec lsete cyanea distinguenda. Long, 
tot. 7*5, culmen 1*0, alse 3*75, caudse 3*7, tarsi 0*35. 
No. 15. This is a very interesting new form of Bee-eater, 
intermediate between M. viridis and M. cyanophrys. In its 
blue throat and eyebrow it resembles the latter species, as 
might be expected, but the blue of these parts is greenish in 
tint. The throat is paler and more verdigris-blue, the black 
throat-spot is smaller, and the bill is shorter. Mr. Dresser 
has kindly lent me his two specimens of M. cyanophrys , with 
which to compare the Muscat bird. At the same time the 
latter is approached by a Baluchistan example of M. viridis 
which has a decidedly blue throat, but all the specimens of 
M. viridis from India which show any blue on the throat 
have only a green eyebrow, not even mixed with blue. Of 
the two species, M. muscatensis must be compared with 
M. cyanophrys rather than with M. viridis. 
Coracias indica, L .; Hume, t. c. p. 85. 
No. 40. Two specimens. Both the birds sent agree 
entirely with Indian examples. The British Museum has 
also received a specimen from Fao, in the Persian Gulf, 
presented by Mr. W. D. Gumming. 
