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Mr. R. B. Sharpe on Birds from Bushire . 
recorded by Mr. Blanford, but Hypocolius ampelinus and 
Emberiza cinerea are not mentioned by him. The list of the 
specimens should be compared with that of Mr. Gumming* s 
collection. 
1. Circus macrurus (Gm.); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 
i. p. 67; Blanf. East. Persia, ii. p. 110. 
Two specimens. Bushire, April 1885. One is a male in 
full plumage. 
2. Cerchneis tinnunculus (L.); Sharpe, t. c. i. p. 425. 
Tinnunculus alaudarius , Blanf. t. c . p. 105. 
Bushire, March 1885. An interesting specimen, in full 
change to the adult plumage of the male. 
3. Scops giu, Scop.; Sharpe, Cat. B. ii. p. 47; Blanf. t. c. 
p. 115. 
Three specimens. Bushire, March 1885. One female 
was shot among some broken cliffs on the seashore. 
4. Oriolus galbula, L.; Blanf. t. c. p. 219. 
Male and female. Bushire, April 1885. Shot in row of 
date-trees. 
5. Hypocolius ampelinus, Bp.; Sharpe, Cat. B. iii. 
p. 316. 
Male. Bushire, April 20, 1885. 
This species was not met with by Mr. Blanford during 
his travels in Persia. 
6. Muscicapa grisola, L. ; Blanf. t. c. p. 143. 
An adult male. Bushire, April 12, 1885. Shot in open 
field. 
7. Muscicapa atricapilla, L.; Blanf. t. c . p. 143. 
An adult male. Bushire, April 1885. Shot in a garden. 
8. Pratincola hemprichi (Ehr.) ; Blanf. t. c. p. 145. 
a, b. d' $ ad. Bushire, March 7, 1885. Shot near old 
wall on castor-oil tree. 
c. $ ad. Bushire, March 28, 1885. Shot on grape-vine. 
