316 Mr. Blyth's Remarks upon specimens of Mammalia and Birds 



cat a and H. minuta, Hodgson, to the common little Indian Bank 

 Martin, H. sinensis, badly figured in Hardwicke's ' Illustrations;' H. 

 brevicaudata, M'Clelland and Horsfield, refers to the same. 



P. 56. Halcyon amauropterus (Pearson) is not, as stated in the 

 Appendix, the H. capensis, apud Jerdon. The former is very rare in 

 the Indian peninsula, but far from being so in the vicinity of Cal- 

 cutta, and along the eastern coast of the bay of Bengal, in Arracan 

 and the Tenasserim provinces it is extremely common. The latter 

 appears to be abundant throughout India, and will now stand as 

 H. gurial, Pearson, v. brunniceps> Jerdon, as distinguished from the 

 nearly-allied H. leucocephalus (Gm., very badly so named) of the 

 Malay countries. The voice of H. amauropterus is extremely harsh, 

 and remarkably unlike that of H. gurial. 



P. 57. H. smyrnensis (L.). Mr. Gray unites with this the H.gu- 

 laris, Kuhl, v. smyrnensis, var. albogularis, nobis, which is peculiar 

 to eastern Malasia. He also identifies Ceryle varia, Strickland, with 

 C. rudis. Both the Indian species referred to are extremely common, 

 and never vary so as to exhibit the distinguishing characters of their 

 respective near affines, which I therefore quite agree with Mr. Strick- 

 land in separating. — A. meninting, Horsfield, vel asiatica, Swainson, 

 is a distinct species from A. bengalensis. Both occur in the Malayan 

 peninsula, but the latter is there comparatively rare. 



P. 58. Merops torquatus, and the Merops referred doubtfully to 

 M. viridis. I have no doubt whatever that what Mr. Gray says, in 

 in the Appendix, of these being mere varieties of M. viridis, is cor- 

 rect. Specimens of this bird, from Arracan, are remarkable for the 

 great development of the rufous hue on the crown and nape ; and 

 there is one in the museum of the Asiatic Society (locality unknown) 

 equally remarkable for the bright verditer-blue of the throat, more 

 especially on its sides : but to regard these as separate species seems 

 to me to be altogether unwarrantable ; that last noticed accords with 

 the description of M. torquatus. 



P. 59. Nectarinia saturata (Hodgson), and also N. assamensis, 

 M'Clelland and Horsfield, claim precedence of N. Hodgsoni, Jardine ; 

 and I consider (with Mr. Jerdon) N. mahrattensis, Sykes, to be Cer- 

 thia asiatica, auct. 



P. 60. Specimens which I have examined, marked Myzanthe inor- 

 nata by Mr. Hodgson, are of the species termed Nectarinia minima 

 by Capt. Tickell, and Certhia erythrorhynchos, Lath., which latter 

 name is founded on error, or at least can only be applied to the nest- 

 ling, so that I now designate this bird Dicceum minimum (Tickell). 

 The species occurs throughout India, even in Ceylon, where it would 

 appear to be very common. It also inhabits Arracan. 



P. 61. Chloropsis ccesmarhynchos, Tickell (a misprint for gam- 

 psorhynchos, Jardine and Selby), refers to Phyllornis Jerdoni, nobis. 

 — Certhia himalayana. Vigors, is assuredly assigned incorrectly to C. 

 spilonota, Franklin*. — Sitta cinnamoventris, nobis, is probably S. hi- 

 malayana, Jardine and Selby. 



* I now see that Mr. Gray has verified Certhia spilonota from a specimen 



