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the plumage was otherwise perfect. Hodgson may have drawn 

 from this variety. 



Mr. Dresser appears to have followed Mr. Gould in a mis- 

 application of the term M. citreoloides. 



Anthus pratensis [antea, p. 179). 



Here Dr. Severtzoff gives particulars of varieties. Pipits, 

 though differing but little in form and plumage, have very 

 different voices and songs ; but on these points Dr. Severtzoff" 

 does not inform us. When Pipits are thoroughly understood, 

 in life as well as in the skin, " intermediate forms " disappear. 

 I would not, however, say the same of the Skylarks, in which 

 genus it is very difficult to determine which are good species 

 and which are not. 



Pratincola rubicola [antea, p. 215). 



The Asiatic form of the Stonechat is not P, rubicola. Mr. 

 Swinhoe's distinction is infallible, and the plain unstriated 

 upper tail-coverts of the Asiatic bird always serve to di- 

 stinguish it. 



Phylloscopus trochilus [antea, p. 216). 



I have examined the doubtful species here mentioned. The 

 wing is rather different from usual, and the voice may also 

 have been abnormal ; but it so strongly resembles P. trochilus 

 that I would not separate it unless others of the same kind 

 were examined. 



Phylloscopus tristis [antea, p. 217). 



I have seen skins from Ladak bearing a date which showed 

 the bird was at its breeding- quarters ; and I drew the same 

 conclusion that I did when I saw July examples of Reguloides 

 super ciliosvs amongst Dr. Jerdon^s birds. The locality of a 

 July Phylloscopus skin gives the breeding-place. 



Phylloscopus neglectus [antea, p. 218) . 



This bird cannot yet be added to the European List. Mr. 

 Seebohm^s bird is an undercoloured example of P. tristis ; 

 and I showed him the specimen referred to in ' The Ibis,^ 

 1869, p. 236. Anthus rosaceus is also sometimes deficient in 

 coloration as regards the yellow axillaries. 



