500 Mr. W. E. Brooks's Ornithohyical 



Anthus cervinus (Il)is, 1874, p. 460). 



I have seen this bird from tlic x\ndanians. It is quite di- 

 stinct from Anthns rosaceus, Hodgs. I have also seen it from 

 Yarkand. Anthus j^r at ensis and Biidytes rayi were also col- 

 lected in the same country by Dr. Stoliczka. 



Sturnus vulgaris (Ibis, 1875, p. 238). 



Mr. Dresser speaks of Hume's S tarling as " the Indian form 

 of our European Starling." Sturnvs vulgaris is the common 

 Starling of India, and must not be confounded with tiie little 

 Cashmere Starling which is figured in ' Lahore to Yarkand/ 

 the name of which I propose changing to Sturnus humii, the 

 term nitens being preoccupied. 



This small Starling is, as a rule, nearly or quite spotless ; 

 but in winter it is spotted ; at least those I shot in the plains 

 of India were fairly spotted. The spots, however, are very 

 different from the large ones of S. vulgaris. The e^^ also is 

 much smaller. The common Starling was not seen by me in 

 Cashmere, where I found Sturnus humii breeding plentifully. 

 The European bird breeds, I believe, in Afghanistan. 



"Aquila clanga" (Ibis, 1875, p. 294). 



Is the Greater Spotted Eagle here referred to, or A. nipa- 

 lensis? The latter has been called A. clanga by some conti- 

 nental ornithologists. 



''Aquila n;evia'' (Ibis, 1875, p. 294). 



Is it the Lesser Spotted Eagle that is here referred to ? If 

 so, it is certainly not entitled to the name, as Mr. Dresser has 

 shown (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xiii. p. 373). 



"Aquila n.evia (Gm.)," Capt. Clarke Kennedy "On the 

 Avifauna of the Desert of Sinai and of the Holy Land," Ibis, 

 1874, p. 112. 



Here again we cannot possibly tell what species is referred 

 to ; for Aquila ncevia of one ornithologist is not the Aquila 

 ncevia of another. In referring to these worse than nameless 

 birds, it would be convenient always to add " Greater " or 

 " Lessei' Spotted Eagle,'' as the case may be, until the Latin 

 name for each be agreed upon by ornithologists. 



