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the skin described by Mr. Moore (which remains unmounted 

 among the ornithological stores of the British Museum), and 

 recognized at a glance the mode of preparation so characteristic 

 of skins received from Malacca, with which I myself and others 

 have long been familiar. Unquestionably the species has no claim 

 to a place in the Fauna Indica. In 'The Ibis/ 1862, p. 325, I 

 observe C. macrorhynchus of Temm. and Schlegel placed as a 

 synonym of C. japonensis, Bp. ; but this, as " from its size it 

 may be classed as a Raven," must be widely different from the 

 Malayan bird long previously named macrorhynchus by Vieillot. 



E. Blyth. 



A few Corrigenda for ' The Ibis.' 

 When I left India in December last, I had seen no ' Ibis ' 

 later than No. 13. I now submit a few notes, chiefly corrigenda, 

 relative to the subsequent issues. 



Ibis, 1862, p. 193, line 4 from bottom of page, — and again, 

 p. 194, lines 2, 7, — and p. 388, line 13 from bottom, read 

 " Yonzalin (or Yoon-za-Leen)." 



P. 194. Cypselus vittatus has since been received from Moul- 

 mein, where it was obtained by Major S. B. Tickell. 



P. 257. The formerly supposed Saxicola leucura of India, 

 referred to by Mr. Swinhoe, is S. opistholeuca, Strickland, figured 

 in Sir W. Jardine's ' Contributions to Ornithology.' 



P. 387, line 10, for Falco " cherrug " read " F. jugger ; " and 

 line 22, for " female " read " male." 

 P. 390, line 1, for " belly " read " bill." 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 1, note. Palaornis alexandri proves to be com- 

 mon in the Andaman Islands. 



P. 4, line 16. The Ya-ma-doung range of mountains sepa- 

 rates the seaward province of Arakan from that of Pegu (or the 

 valley of the Irawadi). 



P. 5, line 13. By "Indo-Chinese countries" I mean those 

 lying eastward of the Bay of Bengal, or the Trans-Gangetic 

 peninsula. I observe that the term is also employed to desig- 

 nate the Himalayan and Chinese mountain territories. 



P. 20, No. 65. Buteo canescens is referred by Mr. Gurney to B. 

 ferox, S. Gmelin, v. rufinus, Riippell, and B. leucurus, Naumann. 

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