
280 Letters, Announcements, &c. 
Srr,—In the last issue of ‘Stray Feathers,’ vol. in. p. 418, 
Mr. H. E. M. James records the occurrence of Pterocles sene- 
gallus and P. arenarius at the south-east corner of the Runn 
of Cutch, which he considers to be the most southern point 
at which they have been found. P. senegallus, however, occurs 
in Kattiawar; for I have skins of a pair shot in that province 
and kindly forwarded to me by Captain Hancock. P. are- 
narius has also been obtained there; but the skins which should 
have reached me long ago have evidently gone astray. 
I take the opportunity of adding that Captain Hancock has 
also sent me skins of Prinia gracilis, Drymeca jerdoni, Cur- 
sorius gallicus, Dromas ardeola, and Graculus melanognathus, 
thus adding six species to my list of Kattiawar birds (Ibis, 
1873). 
Yours, etc. 
J. Haves Luoyp. 
74 Adelaide Road, 
London. 
We have lately received intelligence from one of our Mem- 
bers, Mr. C. G. Danford, who is at present on an expedition 
in the Taurus Mountains, Asia Minor. Writing from Anas- 
cha, under date 8th February, he says that, after considerable 
loss of time from various causes, he has at last found the 
haunts of the Snow-Partridge (Tetraogallus caspius ?), and is 
sending over skins to Mr. Dresser for determination, as he 
thinks that it may differ from the species found in the 
Caucasus. This bird, he adds, is tolerably common. They 
had already been paired about three weeks, and were living 
on or near the snow in rocky places at an elevation of about 
6000 feet, never descending lower down the mountains. Of 
other rare birds he has as yet seen but few. Sazicola ery- 
threa appears to be the common Chat of the country, and 
had just arrived; and the Common Chough is the most nu- 
merous of the Crow tribe. 





