on Dr. Jerdon's ' Birds of India.' 367 



Gould (P. Z. S. 1859, p. 151). The Indo-Chinese Hoopoe is 

 merely much deeper-coloured than U. epops of Bengal, &c., 

 while that of Southern India and Ceylon is likewise deeper- 

 coloured, but also smaller, though with the same length of bill, 

 and neither of the two rufous races shows any white (or only the 

 merest trace of it) at the extremity of the crest-feathers. 



256. Lanius lahtora. 



In Dr. Heuglin's list of birds collected in the Red Sea, it is 

 remarked that this Shrike was " observed on the island of Agig 

 (18°-19°N. lat.), on Dahalak, and near Tadjura" (Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 34-2) . It is perhaps not uncommon in the Arabian Peninsula ; 

 but may not Dr. Heuglin's bird be L. algeriensis, Lesson ? (C/. 

 Strickland, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 217.) 



259. Lanius nigriceps, Frankl. ; Gray and Mitchell, 111. 

 Gen. Birds, pi. 71. 



262. Lanius arenarius. 



For the distinction between this race and L. isabellinus, 

 Ehrenberg, Mr. Strickland's paper (P. Z. S. 1850, p. 217) 

 should be consulted. 



265. Tephrodornis ponticeriana. 



Noticed from Singapore in the Ornithological Report ac- 

 companying the narrative of Commodore Perry's Expedition to 

 Japan. T.superciliosa, Swainson, of Java is admitted as distinct 

 by Dr. Cabanis. Dr. Jerdon mentions T. gularis, Raffles, " from 

 Malacca and the isles" (ii. 411). The peninsular species is 

 quite distinct, and may stand as T. sordida, Wallace. 



266. Tephrodornis grisola. 



Dr. Sclater (P. Z. S. 1863, p. 217) refers a Bornean specimen 

 of this bird, which I identified for liim, to the genus Pachycephala. 

 The only Indian specimen that I ever saw of it was shot by 

 myself in the Calcutta Botanie Garden. Aiming at a T. ponti- 

 ceriana, I brought down both that bird and the present one, 

 which happened to be in the same line of shot*. Specimens 

 were subsequently received from Arakan, the Andamans, and 



* I obtained the only Lower Bengal specimen of Mirafra cantillans in 

 the same wav. 



