174 Viscount Walden on Dr. Stoliczka's 



72. DissEMURUs MALAYENsis (A. Hay). 



Is D. ranffoonensis distinct from D. malayensis ? In other 

 words, is the Burmese species different from the inhabitant of 

 the Malaccan peninsula? A want of examples has hitherto 

 prevented a decision being come to on this point. Edolius seti- 

 fer, Temm. is the Javan Dissemurus, and is distinct from the 

 Malaccan. 



73. Pericrocotus flammeus (Forster) ? 



From the account given it is impossible to decide what species 

 is referred to. It must not be forgotten that Mr. Blyth, after 

 comparing Assamese examples of P. elegans (McClelland) with 

 P. flammeus, from Western India, was unable to distinguish 

 them (Ibis, 1866, p. 369). P. flammeus, ex Java, can only be 

 distinguished from true P. flammeus, ex Ceylon, by its smaller 

 size, and by the outer edge of the last orange and black secon- 

 dary being entirely orange, and not broken through with black. 

 This distribution of colour, the orange-red of P. flammeus and 

 its affines being replaced by crimson, is observable in P. bre- 

 virostris. Should it hold good in all Javan individuals, it will 

 furnish a reliable distinguishing character, and the species will 

 require a new title, unless the Javan bird is identical with P. 

 xanthogaster (Raffles) ex Sumatra. 



In all Burmese male individuals of P. speciosus (Lath.) which 

 have come under my notice, the middle pair of rectrices have the 

 outer webs wholly red, the inner webs only being black. I have 

 never observed this peculiarity in either Himalayan or Central- 

 Indian examples. The Burmese form is also smaller. An As- 

 sam example in Major Godwin Austen's collection also exhibits 

 this peculiarity. 



76. COPSYCHUS MINDANENSIS (Gm.). 



Mr.Blyth (J. A. S. B. 1847, p. 139) was, I believe, the first 

 author who identified the Malayan D'hyal with the Philippine. 

 Yet, so far as can be gathered, no comparison has ever been made 

 between Philippine individuals and those found either in the 

 Malayan peninsula or elsewhere. That a black and white D'hyal 

 occurs in Mindanao may be inferred from what Dr. v. Martens says 

 (J. f. 0. 1866, p. 10). Montbeillard calls the species to which 



