presented by Mr. Hodgson to the British Museum. 319 



onym of Ixops nipalensis, Hodgson. I have no recollection of having 

 ever made this mal-identification, much less committed it to print. 



P. 85. Mixornis chloris, Hodgson, is not satisfactorily referable to 

 M. gularis (Horsf.), although undoubtedly very nearly allied. — Erpor- 

 nis xanthochlora (it should be xantholeuca) is decidedly not a Timalia, 

 nor are its affinities easy of determination. The range of this bird 

 extends to Arracan and Malacca. — Timalia ? nipalensis (v. leucotis) 

 and T. ? pellotis. Are not these identical ? 



P. 86. Chrysomma hypoleucos (Franklin), J. A. S. B. xiv. 602, v. 

 Pyctoris apud Hodgson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1845, p. 24. This bird is 

 the Parus sinensis, Lath. ; also Gotah Finch and Emberiza calf at, var. 

 A, of Latham. It should therefore bear the specific name sinensis, if 

 really an inhabitant of China. — Malacocercus griseus (Gm.), peculiar 

 to the south of India, is a distinct species from M. terricolor, Hodg- 

 son, the " Brown Indian Thrush " of Edwards, on which is founded 

 Merula bengalensis of Brisson, which specific name must be retained. 

 — Malacocercus geochrous, Hodgson, is identical with M.Earlei, nobis. 

 — lora typhia (L.), /. zeylonica (Lath.), and /. scapularis, Horsfield, 

 are three distinct species. /. typhia, one of the commonest birds of 

 Bengal, is alike at all seasons of the year. 



P. 87. Oriolus Hodgsoni, Sw. All the Black-headed Orioles which 

 I have seen from Nepal were referable to the common 0. melanoce- 

 phalus. 



P. 88. Hypsipetes M'Clellandii, Horsf., is identical with, and the 

 name takes precedence of, H. viridis, Hodgson. 



P. 89. " Hamatornis cafer." This is Pycnonotus bengalensis, nobis ; 

 but why it should be called the " White Haematornis" requires ex- 

 planation, it being the blackest species of the genus known to me 

 (whence atratus would have been a better name for it). A case of 

 lucus a non lucendo ! — " H&matornis striata " is the Alcurus (nee Al~ 

 copus*) nipalensis, Hodg., v. A. striatus, nobis. 



P. 90. Instead of " Hemipus flavula," read Hemixos flavala (fla- 

 vala, i. e. chrysopterus), Hodgson. Hemipus, Hodgson, is a genus of 

 Flycatchers (vide p. 93 of Mr. Gray's Catalogue). — Muscicapa acor- 

 mus, Hodgson (a Muscicapula apud nos), is quite distinct from M. 

 poonensis, Sykes (apud Jerdon), which I refer to Butalis latirostris 

 (Raffles, Swainson). — Mr. Gray follows Sundevall in referring M. 

 leucura, Gm., to M. parva, Bechst. This can scarcely be, if Ste- 

 phens's description of the latter, or that in the ' Diet. Class. d'Hist. 

 Nat.' be correct ; neither does M. leucura accord exactly with my 

 recollections of M. parva. — M. albogularis must be referred to M. su- 

 perciliaris, Jerdon ; a species very common intheN.-W. Himalaya. 



P. 9 1 . Bainopus grandis. Is not this the most typical species of 

 Niltava ? To which genus the only other species that I know of are 

 N. sundava and N. M'Gregoria, the female of which latter is Leiothrix 

 signata, M'Clelland and Horsfield, and N. auricularis, Hodgson. — 

 Phoenicura rubeculoides is the type of my genus Cyornis ; and Muse, 

 melanops that of my genus Staparola ; both comprising several spe- 

 cies, though the two mentioned are confounded in the genus Niltava, 



* Alcopus is a name which Mr. Hodgson proposed to substitute for Sibia. 



