40 Mr. E. Blyth on the Ornithology of the neighbourhood of 



namys orientalis was omitted by an oversight ; and another species to 

 be added to the list is Phoenicophaus tristis, the Ph. longicaudatus of 

 my monograph of oriental Cuculidte. 



Nos. 56, 57 and 58 are true Caprimulgi. 



No. 58 a. Caprimulgus indicus, apud Jerdon, procured in this 

 neighbourhood, and presented to the Society by my friend Willis 

 Earle, Esq. The same gentleman has also shown me part of ,a col- 

 lection formed in Monghyr, a range of hills at no great distance up 

 the river, among which I perceive various species that do not occur 

 in this immediate vicinity, e. g. Butastur (Hodgson) teesa ; Urrua ben- 

 galensis (Otus bengalensis, Franklin; Urrua cavearia, Hodgson) ; Picus 

 mahrattensis ; Zanclostomus sirkee ; Lanius lahtora, L. erythronotus, 

 L. Hardwickei ; Malacocercus chatarhaa ; Thamnobia fulicata (the 

 female of this is Saxicolides erythrurus, Lesson in Belanger's ' Voy- 

 age'); Motacilla variegata, Lath, (not of Vieillot ; M. picata, Frank- 

 lin) ; Sitta castaneoventris ; Columba cambayensis ; Philomachus ven- 

 tralis ; Cursorius asiaticus ; — and of species which are rare here, Cu- 

 culus canorus and Oriolus aureus of my list ; both the latter and 0. 

 chinensis I have also received from Midnapore. I have also reason to 

 believe that on the same range occurs the Garrulax ruficollis (Jardine) 

 (Ianthocincla lunata, M'Clell.), of which I lately received a few spe- 

 cimens from Tipperah. 



No. 59 a. Add a Cypselus allied to C. australis, Gould, and iden- 

 tical with that received from the Deccan by Mr. Jerdon as noticed 

 in J. A. S. B. vol. xi. p. 886. 



No. 61. Corvus macrorhynchos,v. culminatus. A pair of these birds 

 which I lately shot measured each 1 9| inches by 3 feet in alar ex- 

 panse ; wing 12 in. and tail 7-J in. Mr. Jerdon, however, gives length 

 21 in. ; of wing 13-^ in. ; tail 7f in. ; and Col. Sykes assigns, "length 

 14 in., and tail 7 in.," which, added together, gives the same total di- 

 mensions as are stated by Mr. Jerdon. It doubtless varies in dimen- 

 sions like the next species. 



No. 62. The variations of size in this most common species are 

 very observable in the living birds. Picking out a large and a small 

 one, the former measured 17} in. by 2 ft. 8 in. ; wing 11 in., and 

 tail 1\ in. : the latter gave 15 in. by 2 ft. 5 in. ; wing 9^ in., and 

 tail 5f in. 



No. 63. Latham terms this Corvus rufus, and rightly assigns to it 

 one of its Bengalee names, derived from its note ; but I think it is 

 more commonly styled Takka-chore, or "Rupee-thief." 



Nos. 64 and 65. Gracula indica inhabits Southern India, and is 

 the Gr. religiosa of Mr. Jerdon's list. Gr. religiosa vera inhabits the 

 hilly parts of Bengal, and is common in Nepal and in the countries 

 eastward of the bay. 



No. 70. Mr. Jerdon's Pastor malabaricus is probably the P. do- 

 minicanus, apud Lesson, in the Zoology of M. Belanger's ' Voyage ' : 

 vide J. A. S. B. no. 9. for a notice of the Indian Mynahs and some 

 additional species. 



[My genus Trichastoma certainly appears to be identical with Mr. 

 J5y ton's Malacoptcron, and my Tr. ajfine is probably his M. cinereus ; 



