Mv. Blyth on Ceylon Ornithology. 313 



extends down to the level of the sea-shore; a pair had their 

 abode in the verandah of Col. Phayre's residence in Rangoon. 

 This Indo-Chinese bird requires now to be compared with the 

 Japanese race, which latter seems to be sufficiently distinct to 

 wan*ant the application of a new name ; and I therefore propose 

 to designate it Athene Whiteleyi. Except in the comparative 

 fewness of the markings upon the flight-feathers of the wings, 

 and more especially the rectrices, it entirely resembles the 

 A. cuculoides. The Chinese species hitherto referred to A. 

 Cuculoides is probably identical with that of Japan. 



Certhia familiaris, Linn. 



Mr. Gould has an example undoubtedly of this species from 

 the Western Himalaya, presented to him by the person who 

 shot it. 



Lanius isabellinus, Hemprich & Ehrenberg. 

 A specimen was procured by the late Dr. Gould in Sindh, as 

 noticed by Lord VValden (p. 224, antea) . 



488. Saxicola opistholeuca. 



It does not sufficiently appear (Ibis, 1867, p. 14) that I 

 regard this bird as distinct from S. leucuroides. 



722. EuspizA luteola. 

 I have before noticed the song of this bird (p. 184, antea). 

 Lord Lilford remarks that the allied E. melanocephala " has an 

 agreeable song'' (Ibis, 1860, p. 139). 



Arboricola charltoni (p. 160, antea). Erase the words " Tenas- 

 serim Mountains." 



Malacortyx superciliaris, nobis; Rollulus superciliosus, 

 J. E. Gray, '' Knowsley Menagerie," Aves, pi. xvi. 



Of this fine Quail, heretofore only known from a pair, male 

 and female, in the Derby Museum of Liverpool, which were said 

 to have been brought from India, two examples were shot from 

 a flock passing overhead in the vicinity of Mussooree in un- 

 usually cold weather, one of which was given to Colonel I'Estrange, 

 of the Royal Artillery, who has kindly submitted the specimen 

 to my inspection. It is a true Quail, of peculiar generic form ; 

 and Mr. Gould intends to figure the species in his ' Birds of 



