feSO Miscellaneous. 



birds ; hence I am enabled to rectify one or two matters of nomen- 

 clature in the paper which I sent you by last month's mail, and to 

 add some more species to the catalogue. 



First, for Ichthyiaetus cultrungius you must substitute Haliaetus 

 hlagrus, of which the former is merely the young, and place this 

 species next to Haliaetus Macei. Put it thus — 



[H. hlagrus. The young of this species I described as new by the 

 appellation Ichthyiaetus cultrungius (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xi. 110). 

 It is not uncommon along the river.] And add — 



[Ichthyiaetus Horsfieldi ; Falco ichthyiaetus, Horsfield ; Haliaetus 

 plumbeus, Hodgson. Not rare upon the river. The mottled first 

 plumage of the young much resembles the corresponding garb of 

 Milvus cheele.'] 



Add, as a note, to Gallinula chloropus } — 



[Since writing the above I have been favoured with a loan of the 

 true G. chloropus, which I recognised as such at a glance, from the 

 Mauritius ; and the Indian species is certainly distinct, being cha- 

 racterized, in addition to its inferior size, by having the frontal shield 

 much less developed, at all ages. It may be termed, therefore, G, 

 parvifrons. — E. B.] Add also, — 



[Phyllopneuste trochilus ? This would seem to be distinguished 

 from the British species by the darker colour of the head, and ashy 

 tinge of the lower parts ; also, I think, by the colour of the legs and 

 size and form of the bill ; moreover the shikaree who shot it informed 

 me that it sung prettily, and on my imitating the well-remembered 

 note of Ph. trochilus, he assured me that the song of this bird was 

 quite different. I shall describe it together with about a dozen other 

 species of this well-defined group.] 



[Sterna {Anous) tenuirostris, nobis. Distinguished from St. stolida 

 by its considerably inferior size, much more slender bill, and deeper 

 and consequently more vividly contrasted colours of its plumage. A 

 single specimen was brought fresh to Dr. M'Clelland, shot in the 

 neighbourhood, which that naturalist has kindly presented to the 

 Society.] 



[Gallus Bankivus. I have received a specimen of this bird shot at 

 about forty miles from Calcutta.] 



[Malaconotus } Distinct from all those noticed in Mr. Jer- 



don's catalogue under the generic head Timalia, and also from a new 

 species from Western India (M. Burvedii, nobis), but which I think 

 is figured in one of Buchanan Hamilton's drawings, though I have 

 been unable to spare time to visit the Botanic Garden -to consult 

 them. Shot near Calcutta.] 



The following synonyms may be attached to certain other spe- 

 cies : — 



To Rhipidura fuscoventris, — Muscicapa {Muscylva) alhogularis. 

 Lesson. 



To Tephrodornis super ciliosus, — Lanius sordidus, Lesson. 



To Cuculus niger, add — Distinct from the Malayan C. flavus ? and 

 the Australian C. diner ea. According to Lesson, C. flavus extends 

 both to India and Australia. I remain, yours very truly, 



E. Blyth. 



