168 Viscount Waldeii on Dr. Stoliczka's 



stand as T. pallidus, Gm. The bird has been well figured in the 

 ' Fauna Japonica/ pi. 27. I am unable to distinguish Malaccan 

 examples from a Lake-Baikal individual. T. chrysolaus, Temm. 

 ap. Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 102, no. 358, ex Jerd., 

 is a female of T. pallens. This individual, obtained at Cherra 

 Punji, exhibits the secondary coverts tipped with white, as 

 shown in the ' Fauna Japonica,' a feature not always present. 

 This species can scarcely be classed under Geocichla. 



56. loRA TYPHiA (Linn.). 



/. zeylonica (Gm.), was described from a Ceylon bird. 

 Dr. Stoliczka states that " birds with the whole upper black 

 plumage of zeylonica are never met with in Burma and the 

 Malayan country." My experience of the species fully con- 

 firms this statement. And I may add, that I have never 

 seen a full-plumaged Ceylon male in the garb of a Burmese 

 /. typhia. These two birds are additional instances to the 

 many already known where the full plumage in the one 

 species is more or less the female or young garb of another 

 species. It is very likely that /. zeylonica and /. typhia inter- 

 breed at the extreme limits of their respective regions, in the 

 same way as Coracias indica and C. affinis ; but this in no way 

 establishes their specific identity. I cannot find that Mr. Blyth 

 has ever doubted the distinctness of the two species. He has, 

 however, suggested the probability of hybrids occurring. 



58. Phyllornis javensis (Horsf.). 



The identity of the Malayan with the Javan species has yet to 

 be established. 



59. Phyllornis cyanopogon, Temm. 



As described, the Province-Wellesley individuals do not agree 

 with Temminck's species, in which there is no yellow whatever. 

 True P. cyanopogon, Temm. is sometimes sent from Malacca in 

 collections. 



60. Phyllornis cochinsinensis (Lath.). 



This is Gmelin's title, bestowed by him on Montbeillard's 

 " Verdin de la Cochinchiue " (Hist. Nat. Ois. iii. p. 409) . The 

 type was figured in the ' Planches Enluminees,' no. 643. f. 2. 

 Montbeillard affirms that it most certainly came from Cochin 



