446 Messrs. Salvin and Sclater's Index of the 



7. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 438. 



The provisional name (whatever that may mean) of Haliaetus 

 brooksi is suggested for an Eagle, doubtfully referred to H. alhi- 

 cilla. Notice is also given of the intended separation of a Kite 

 as Milvus major, and of an Owl as Epidaltes plumipes, in the 

 forthcoming second part of ' Rough Notes ' (see Hume, antea, 

 No. 1). 



8. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, pp. 528-529. 



Refers to a Swan killed in the neighbourhood of Peshawar. 

 A supposed new Indicator is described as /. radcUffii. The rest 

 of the letter refers to species of the genera Hodysunius, Sturnus, 

 Picas, Passer, Raticilla, and Ammomanes. 



9. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, pp. 530-532. 



On the habitat of Ruticilla rufigularis , the breeding of Himan- 

 topus candidus, of Reguloides superciliosus, and on the occurrence 

 Alauda pispoletta in the plains of India. 



10. Letter from. Ibis, 1870, p. 532. 



On the identity of Cypselus tectorum, Jerd., with C. infumatus, 

 Sclater. It is also the same as C. tinus, Swinh. {v. anteu, p. 355). 



11. Additional Observations regarding some species of Birds 

 noticed by Mr. W. T. Blanford in his ornithological notes, 

 from Southern, Western, and Central India. J. A. S. B. 



1870, pt. ii. p. 113. 

 Gives remarks on species noticed in Mr. Blanford's paper, 

 J. A. S. B. 1869, pt. ii. The North-Indian representative of 

 Spizalauda deva is described, and named S. simillima (p. 120). 

 Alcippe brucei is said not to be distinguishable from A. poioce- 

 phala. Mr. Hume has specimens of the supjiosed rarity Sal- 

 pornis spilonotus from Oudh, the north of the Saharunpur dis- 

 trict, and other localities. 



12. Letter on certain Birds. Proc. A. S. B. 1870, p. 265. 

 Remarks on some of the species of birds contained in Major 



Godwin-Austen^s paper, J. A. S. B, 1870, pt. ii. p. 91. 



HuTTON, Capt. F. W. 



1. Descripjtion of two Birds new to the Fauna of New Zealand. 



Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 1870, pp. 78-80. 

 The two species here described as inhabitants of New Zealand 



