368 Mr. Blyth's Commentary 



Java. There can be little doubt that this bird is the Hylotcrpe 

 philomela (Cab.), as suggested by Dr. Sclater {loc. cit.). 



267. Hemipus picatus. 



Under this name two very distinct species are brought 

 together by Dr. Jerdon : — //. capitalis (M'Clell., 1839; H. piece - 

 color, Hodgson, 1845) of the Himalaya, which is larger, with 

 proportionally longer tail, and has a brown back ; and H. picatus 

 (Sykes) of Southern India and Ceylon, which has a black back. 

 Mr. Wallace has good series of both of them. 



Hemipus capitalis has accordingly to be added to the birds 

 of India. 



268. Campephaga sykesi. 



Common in Ceylon. Here it may be remarked that Cehle- 

 pyris ccerulescens, nobis (J. A. S. B. xi. 403, xv. 308), from 

 Luzon, is the female of C. aterrima. 



270. Graucalus macii. Lesson ; " G. dussumieri, Vieillot," 

 Pucheran : from Bengal. 



Two Indian species of this genus have hitherto been con- 

 founded, that inhabiting Southern India and Ceylon being new 

 and undescribed. G. macii and G. javensis only differ in size, 

 the latter being much smaller. Both have the wings white 

 underneath and the outer tail-feathers broadly tipped with white. 

 G. LAYARDi, nobis (G. papiiensis of Sykes^s and Jerdon's cata- 

 logues ; Campephaga macii, Layard), is of the same small size as 

 G. javensis, having the wing 6 inches, and tail 4 inches. In G. 

 macii the wing is 7 in., and tail 5"25 inches. G. layardi has the 

 anterior surface of wing underneath strongly barred, and the 

 outer tail-feathers are very slightly white-tipped. Another 

 difference is, that in the female (or perhaps the young) of G. 

 macii the under parts are throughout faintly barred, while in 

 that of G. layardi the abdominal region only is barred, but 

 with much broader and more distinct bars than in the other. 



271, 272, 275, 276. Pericrocotus speciosus, P. flammeus, 

 P. RosEus, and P. peregrinus. Gould, B. As. pt. ix. pis. 



Mr. Gould doubts the identity of P. speciosus from the Indo- 

 Chinese countries with that of North-eastern India. I do not 



