presented by Mr. Hodgson to the British Museum. 315 



P. 34. I do not agree with Mr. Gray in identifying Cervus Ari- 

 stotelis (the Jerrow of the Himalaya) with C. hippelaphus (the Sambur 

 or Saumer of Bengal, the Indian peninsula, Arracan, Tenasserim, 

 &c). 



In conclusion of the Mammalia, I am glad to observe that Mr. Gray, 

 now that he has specimens to form a legitimate opinion upon, recog- 

 nises (as a matter of course) the distinctness of the Gaour and Gayal, 

 Bos gaurus and B. frontalis, which, in his Catalogue of the speci- 

 mens of Mammalia in the British Museum, he united as one and the 

 same animal : just as he still " lumps together" the various Indian 

 Monkeys of the type of Presbytis entellus, in opposition to the opi- 

 nion of myself and scientific co-labourers in this country, who assu- 

 redly possess much better data to judge from. 



P. 36. Gypaetos hemachal anus (nee hemalayanus) is a name bestowed 

 by Capt. Hutton, not by Mr. Pearson. 



P. 38. Gyps tenuirostris, v. tenuiceps, Hodgson, is Vultur indicus 

 of Scopoli and Latham, nee Temminck. 



P. 41. Falco caligatus, Raffles, v. Spizaetus alboniger, nobis, from 

 Malacca, is quite distinct from Nisaetus pallidus, Hodgson, which I 

 presume to be the Falco cirratus, auctorum. Morphnus hastatus, 

 Lesson, is an aberrant species of true Aguila. Very different species 

 were also sent by Mr. Hodgson to the Asiatic Society as his Sp. ni- 

 palensis and Sp. pulcher. 



P. 42. Circaetus undulatus is the Falco cheela of Latham, which 

 specific name claims the priority. — Ictina'etus, Jerdon (nee Kaup), 

 must stand as the divisional appellation of Falco malaiensis, Rein- 

 wardt. 



P. 45. Tinnunculus interstinctus (M'Clelland and Horsfield). An 

 exceedingly doubtful species, from all that I have seen (at least of 

 specimens so designated), as distinct from the common British 

 Kestrel. — Ierax eutolmus, Hodgson, can scarcely be referred safely 

 to F. bengalensis, Brisson. 



P. 46. The common Indian Kite, in the opinion of Mr. H. E. 

 Strickland, is M. ater (verus), as distinct from M. parasiticus of 

 Africa. Mr. Gould's Australian M. affinis does not appear to differ 

 in any respect. 



P. 51. With abundance of specimens of both before me, I consi- 

 der Ephialtes lettia (Hodgson) of the Himalaya, Assam, Sylhet and 

 Arracan to be quite distinct from Eph. lempiji of the Malay countries, 

 Ceylon and Malabar. 



P. 53. The name for Caprimulgus nipalensis, Hodgson, will be C. 

 albonotatus, Tickell. 



P. 54. Hirundo rustica (vera). Several Nepalese specimens of 

 this bird were presented by Mr. Hodgson to the Asiatic Society ex- 

 actly according with specimens from England ; and I recently ob- 

 tained one in the vicinity of Midnapore flying with H. daurica and 

 H. gutturalis, Scopoli. The latter name holds precedence of H.ja- 

 vanica, Sparrman, for the common Indian species termed H. jewan 

 by Sykes ; and H. panayana, Lath., is another synonym. 



P. 55. Mr. Gray is right (in his Appendix) in referring H. subsoc- 



