318 Mr. Bly th's Remarks upon specimens of Mammalia and Birds 



P. 69. Is not Muscisylvia leucura a true Notodela of Lesson ? — Ne- 

 mura (Ianthia, nobis) flavolivacea is quite distinct from N. rufilatus, 

 of which cyanura is the female. 



P. 70. Calliope ? cruralis, nobis, is atypical Brachypteryx. — Tham- 

 nobia fulicata of S. India and Ceylon is distinct from Th. cambaiensis 

 (Lath.), of which Saxicoloides erythrurus, Lesson, is the female. — 

 Bradypterus phoenicuroides is described as Sylvania phcenicuroides in 

 J. A. S. B. xvi. 136. 



P. 71. Saxicola rubicola. Is not this Pratincola indica, nobis, J. 

 A. S. B. xvi. 129 ? — Accentor variegatus, Blyth (to which I formerly 

 put the name himalayanus with a query, being doubtful whether an 

 Accentor had not been thus described), is distinct from A. nipalensis, 

 Hodgson : but Mr. Hodgson's specimen labelled immaculatus, which 

 he sent to the Asiatic Society, was merely^, nipalensis with abraded 

 plumage. 



P. 72. Parus nipalensis, Hodgson, as forwarded by that gentle- 

 man to the Asiatic Society, is identical with P. cinereus, Vieillot, v. 

 atriceps, Horsfield : specimens from the Himalaya, Central and South- 

 ern India, Ceylon and Java, being absolutely alike. 



P. 73. I have little doubt that Parus seriophrys (an sericophrys ?), 

 Hodgson, is the Sylviparus modestus, Burton, and I think fairly sepa- 

 rable from Parus. — Suthora nipalensis and S.fulvifrons will, I suspect, 

 prove to have been rightly distinguished by Mr. Hodgson, judging 

 from specimens before me. 



P. 74. The name Ixulus, Hodgson, I now adopt for 7*. flavicollis 

 and /. (olim Siva) occipitalis, nobis, J. A. S. B. xiii. 937 ; for these 

 two species are too nearly allied to be ranged otherwise than together, 

 while the bill of /. occipitalis quite precludes its being referred to 

 Yuhina. — Y.nigrimentum is also described in J. A. S. B. xiv. 562. 



P. 77. Anthus striolatus, Blyth, is placed as a synonym of A. ru- 

 fescens ; the said A. striolatus not having been yet described by me, 

 neither has it been forwarded by me to Europe : Mr. Jerdon barely 

 mentions the name in one of his catalogues ; and he is the only per- 

 son, I believe, besides myself, who can know to what the MS. name 

 striolatus refers. But even if correctly assigned, I think it necessary 

 to protest against any unpublished names of my coining being thus 

 cited to swell the list of empty synonyms* ! — The species sent by 

 Mr. Hodgson to the Asiatic Society as his A. hortulanus was the 

 common Indian variety (?) of A. arboreus. 



P. 79. " Petrocossyphus pandoo :" quaere P. affinis, nobis? 



P. 80. Oreocincla micropus, Hodgson, is the female of Merula 

 Wardii (Jerdon). 



P. 81. Merula pozciloptera (Vig.) is the Lanius boulboul of Latham. 



P. 84. Trochalopteron ? setifer, Hodgson. Is not this Cinclosoma 

 lineatum, Vigors ? — Actinodura Egertoni, apud nos, is placed as a syn- 



marks, " The Copsychus amoenus described by me is commonly given as a 

 synonym of C. saularis, but is decidedly distinct. It has always a black ab- 

 domen in maturity." 



* Except that the tarsi of A. striolatus measure full an inch, this species 

 seems to agree with Mr. Gray's description of A. pelopus, Hodgson. 



