356 Mr. Blyth's Commentary 



173. Chrysophlegma flavinucha, Gould ; Gray and 

 Mitchell, III. Gen. Birds, pi. 109. 



C. malaccensis of the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra, and 

 Borneo, differs from C. miniata of Java, the latter having " the 

 whole crest and the greater part of the back red" (P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 211). 



182. Brachypternus dilutus. 



The three Indian species of this genus are sufficiently well 

 distinguished. Mr. Gould has good specimens of all of them, 

 as well as of the several races of Chrysonotus. Brachypternus 

 is quite pecuhar to India with Ceylon. 



184. Chrysonotus tntermedius. 



Javan specimens appear to be quite identical with this race, 

 so common in the Indo-Chinese countries. It also extends to 

 Pinang, but at Malacca is replaced by the small C. tridactylus. 



188. Jynx torquilla. 



Mr. Gould remarks (in his ^ Birds of Great Britain,^ pt. i.) — 

 "While writing this account of the Wryneck, I have before me 

 specimens from Japan, China, India, Asia Minor, and Great 

 Britain, in all of which slight differences are observable; the 

 Japanese and Chinese birds are smaller, redder, and more 

 strongly marked than are those from India, which, again, are 

 more lightly coloured than those of Europe. The bird from 

 Rome differs from all the others in having the whole of the 

 under surface crossed with broad bars, instead of a few arrow- 

 shaped marks as in the English specimens. I cannot, however, 

 consider these as anything more than mere local varieties of one 

 and the same species." Incipient species perhaps ; though I 

 doubt that, if an adequate series of British and Indian specimens 

 were compared, even the slight difference of shade indicated by 

 Mr. Gould would be found to prevail, or at least to be of con- 

 stant occurrence, besides that it is a species of migratory habits. 



189. Jynx indica. 



This species, from Afghanistan and Tibet, according to Dr. 

 Jerdon, " remains to be ascertained as an inhabitant of India," 

 or even of the vast Indian region. But it cannot winter in 

 Middle Asia. Certain Woodpeckers (as Melanerpes) feed more 



