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Otoco})hf)sa jocosa (L.), aputl Sharpe = 0. emeria (L.), and O. emeria (L), apud 



Sharpe = fuscicaudata (Gould) : id., t. c. p. 277. 

 Hemixus malaccensis (Blyth), apud Sharpe; Xenocichla icterica (Strickl.), apud 



Sharpe : and Hypsipetes virescens (Blyth), apud Sharpe, are all referable to 



Iole : id., t. c, pp. 283—285. 

 Rubigiila = Py znonotus : id., t- c, p. 286. 

 Pycnonotus pusillus (Salvad^). restored as the name for P. salvadorii (Sharpe): 



id., t. c, p. 293. 



FAM. DICRURFim 



Buchanga, not distinct from Dicrurus , id., t. c, p. 310. 

 Dicrurus nigrescens, sp. n., Tenasserim , id., t. c, p. 315. 

 Dissemurulus, gen. n., Type, D. lophorhinus , id., t. c, p. 322. 



FAM. TROGLODYTIDiE. 



Elackura, gen. n. Type, Troglodytes punctatus (Blyth, nee. Brehm) , T. formosus 

 (Wald): id., t. e., p. 339. 



FAM. SYLVIID.E. 



Cisticola erythrocepkala (Blyth), C. tytleri (Jerd.), and C- volitans (Swinh.) are 

 distinct and not identical with C. exilis, V. and H. : id., t. c, pp. 371 — 373. 



C. granilis (Frank!.), C. rufescens (Blyth), and C. cinereicapilla (Moore) belong to 

 Franklinia : id., t. c, pp. 376—379. 



Acanthopneuste, distinct from Phylloscopus : id., t. c, p. 411. 



A. daviso7ii, sp. n. : id., t. c, p. 420. 



Abromis has ten tail feathers, and is distinct from Cryptolopha, which has twelve : 

 id., t. c, p. 428. 



Cryptolopha tephrocephala (Anderson) distinct from C. qffinis : id., t. c, p. 423. 



FAM. LANIIDjE. 



Pericrocotus elegans (McClell) (type examined) is P. speciosus (Lath.), so that P. 



elegans (Sharpe et auct. dec. McClell.) must stand as P. fraterculus (Swinhoe) : 



id., t. c, p. 479. 

 Lalage = Campophaga-. id., t. c, p. 491. 



FAM. STURNID.E. 

 Stumius humii vice S. indicus (Hodg.) (noynen nudum) : id., t. c, p. 520. 

 Agropsar, gen. n. Type, Sturnia sturina (Pall.) : id., t. c, p. 530. 

 Sturnia burmanica (Jerd.) and Acridotheres leucocephalus (Gigl. and Salvad.) 

 referred to Gracutfpica : id., t. c, p. 536. 



R. BOWDLER SHARPE. 

 {The Field, March 15, 1890.) 



