116 List of Birds obtained near Calcutta. 



75. Mr. Hodgson has rightly indicated this as a new genus, by 

 the appellation Pectoris. 



76. Should be Orthotomus sutorius, and Bennettii reduced to a sy- 

 nonym. 



77. lora typhia of Bengal, Nepal and Assam is distinct both from 

 /. zeylonica of Southern India and from /. scapularis of the Malay 

 countries. 



79. Geocichla citrina ; Tardus citrinus, Auct. 



88 a. I have now received specimens of Phyllopneuste (or rather 

 Phylloscopus) trochilus and rufa from England, which enables me to 

 pronounce on the distinctness of the species noticed in xii. 230, 

 which I have since described as P. magnirostris. 1 may also remark 

 that I have just obtained a recently moulted specimen of P. modestus, 

 wherein the mesial coronal streak is barely discernible, and would 

 certainly not be observed unless specially looked for, whereas other 

 specimens have it more or less conspicuously developed. 



90 a, Acrocephalus, vide Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. xii. 231. I presume 

 this species to be the Sylvia rama of Jerdon and Sykes. 



112. Lanius melanotus, Cxivier, is the species enumerated. An- 

 other dull-coloured shrike, very common about Singapore, is the L, 

 magnirostris. Lesson, since termed L. strigatus by Mr. Eyton. 



126. The specimen referred to Oriolus galbula is, I am now 

 satisfied, merely O. aureus in a particular state of plumage ; and it 

 is still the only example of this species which I have met with, 

 though I have received both it and 0. chinensis from Midnapore. 



130. Dendronanthus (nobis) indicus; Motacilla indica, Gm. M. 

 variegata, Vieillot, not of Latham. I have just obtained a beautiful 

 specimen of this bird. 



135. This appears to be identical with the Alauda gulgula of Mr. 

 Jerdon' s catalogue. 



154 a. The Vinago militaris of Mr. Jerdon's catalogue is distinct 

 from that of Bengal, and has the abdominal region green instead of 

 gray. I have obtained, however, one specimen in this neighbourhood, 

 and have designated the species V. chlorigaster. 



168. Coturnix flavipes, nobis. I now much suspect this to have 

 been C. Phillipensis in a particular state of plumage. 



169. The Turnix taigoor of Southern India Mr. Jerdon now de- 

 cidedly considers to be identical with T. pugnax of Sykes ; but the 

 Bengal bird is certainly different both from that species and T. atro- 

 gularis of Eyton, which latter extends up through the Tenasserim 

 provinces to Nepal. Several Indian additions to this genus have 

 been recently made. 



175. Ardeaflavirostris, Wagler, and A. modesta of Gray. I have 

 obtained both in immature and adult plumage, some of each with the 

 feathery train characteristic of the nuptial dress, that is to say, black- 

 billed and yellow-billed specimens of the large Indian egret which 

 agree in every other respect ; and I have also obtained both old and 

 young specimens with the bill partly yellow and partly black, some 

 of these also having the dorsal train. 



176. A. putea. I have also had both young and old specimens, 

 the latter adorned with the train, of this egret with perfectly yellow 



