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of this Eagle is in the possession of my son, Mr. J. II. Gurnej', 

 _jun. ; and two others (which were described by Dr. R. Brehm as 

 a new species under the name of Aquila adalberti) are preserved 

 in the Museum at Norwich, as recorded by Dr. Sclater in ' The 

 Ibis' for 1865, p. 359. 



Mr. Saunders refers to the opinion entertained by some 

 naturalists that Aquila ncevioides is the same bird as that de- 

 scribed by Pallas under the name of Aquila clanya. I have 

 already stated my dissent from this opinion {vide Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 69) ; and as I see no reason to modify the view which I have 

 there expressed, I desire again to allude to it in the belief that 

 a reference to Pallas's original description will bear out the con- 

 clusion on this point at which I have arrived. 



I am yours, &c., J. H. Gurxey. 



Turin, February 2Gth, 1871. 



Sir, — Allow me to say a few words on two species of birds 

 described by me, viz. jEthopyga loduisia and Pitta bertce. 



In Lord Walden's article " On the Sun-birds of the Indian 

 and Australian Regions " (Ibis, 1870, p. 35), his lordship unites, 

 although with some doubt, my jEthojjyga lodoisia with JE. fla- 

 vo-striata, Wall. ! I can positively state that the two birds are 

 quite diflferent. I will only point out here that my bird has 

 the underpay ts light grey, the tibice and the under tail- coverts 

 yellow, while in the ^.flavo-striata the underparts, the tibice, and 

 the under tail-coverts, are uniformly blackish brown. 



As regards my Pitta bertce, I see that Mr. Elliot (Ibis, 1870, 

 p. 409) refers it to P. cyanoptera (I do not think that the name 

 of P. moluccensis is at all adapted for this bird, seeing it has 

 never been found in the Moluccas). If Mr. Elliot had had the 

 opportunity of inspecting the type specimen, he would have 

 seen that the principal differences between my bird and the P. 

 cyanoptera consist in the colour of the crown, which is chestnut 

 in my bird, and in the small white spots on the primaries, 

 exactly like those of the P. bengalensis. These differences have 

 been pointed out very clearly in my description ; but it seems 

 that they have been overlooked by Mr. Elliot, as he has not 

 mentioned them. Several ornithologists who have seen my 



