( •'49 ) 



that jdato was done liy Iluct in Paris, and we may sii|iposc tlia,f he tdok if from 

 a Malacoan skin in tlie Jardin dcs Plantes, as it happened fiXMjnently with plates in 

 Temminck'.s work. Where text and plate disagree we, of course, always give 

 preference to the text, which is done by the author, not to the plate, which is done 

 by an artist who is not (as a rule) an ornithologist. 



Tlie two forms are liost named trinomially, as the variation in the width of the 

 black frontal band in P.onieiin birds is considerable, though one can always distin- 

 guish adult l)irds. The red of the Bornean liirds is always deeper. 



79. Eucichla irena (Temm.). 



Birvc e/rfffmf, Pitta irena Temminck, PL Col., second j)age of text to PI. 501 

 (Snmatra). (Pitta hoHchi anct. j)lur., crrore.) 



1 (? ad. Gunong Tahan, November 1901, lOOii ft. 



Temminck described this species distinctly enough as Pitta irena, and this 

 being the first name, there is no donbt that it must be adopted. In the Cat. B. 

 xiv. p. 447 it is quoted as '■'■Pitta e/er/an.^," but a glance at Temminck's work 

 shows that Temminck did not bestow the name elegans on this bird, but on the one 

 which has quite erroneously been called " Pitta irena " in the Cat. li. xiv. ji. 427. 

 It is time that tlic correct name should be accepted. It is often said that modern 

 authors effect uncomfortable nomenclaforial changes, but in most cases tlie former 

 authors are responsible for all changes, because they made and perpetuated tlie 

 errors which modern authors have to correct. 



The bird from Timor erroneously known as Pitta irena (Cat. B. Brit, ^f/ls. 

 xiv. p. 4'J7) should really be called Pitta coronata, or by those who for some 

 unknown and unnecessary reason do not adopt P. L. S. Miiller's name. Pitta elegans 

 Temm., but under no circumstances could it become P. irerui! 



80. Hemichelidon ferruginea Hodgs. >/ 



Hemichelidon ferrin/inea Hodgs., P. Z. S. 1845. p. :VZ (Nepal). 



Ilemicheliihn cinereiceps Sharpe, Ibix 18^7. ji. 441 ; llii.i 1804. p. 541 

 (Kiiiii Bain). 



? ?. Gunong Tahan, July 1901, 2000—5000 ft. 



I have now examined a very nice series of specimens from the Himalayas, Malay 

 Peninsula, Java, and Borneo, and I must agree with Dr. Sharpe that our present 

 material does not confirm tlie sup])osed differences between the Indian and 

 Malayan form. 



81. Cyornis concretus (S. Milll.). 



Miiscicapa rovrretii.<i MuUer, v. d. Iloeven's Ti'/dxrlir. 1835. p. 351 (Snmatra). 

 (Cf. Btittik., Notes Leyilen .!/».<., xviii. ].. 221 (ls97) ; Sliarjie, ]la)al-li.<t iii. 

 p. 214.) 



(?. Gunong Tahan, 5000—7000 ft. 



82. Cyornis sumatrensis (-^harpe). 



Sipliia s/matrensis Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mm. iv. p. 451 (1879) (" Snmatra. 

 PurehaFcd.") (The locality is erroneous. The skin was purchased from the late 

 11. Whitely, of Woolwich, the well-known dealer in birds, the father of the cele- 

 brated collector and traveller, H. Whitelv. Unfortunately H. Whitely, sen., was 



