J 6 Dr. T. C. Jerdon's Supplementary Notes 



218. Centropus viridis. 



C. affinis, given in the ' Birds of India ' as synonymous with 

 viridis, is a nearly alUed but still smaller race, to which belong 

 the synonyms C. tolu and C. pumilus. 



220. Taccocua sirkee. 



One killed in the Deyra Doon measured 17 inches in length, 

 wing 6^, extent ISg, tail 9|, tarsus Ij. Bill cherry-red, with 

 a yellow tip ; orbits pale livid purple ; legs dusky greenish 

 horn. 



With regard to the affinities of the genus Coua, p. 355, 

 Blyth states that they appear to be rather Turacine than Cu- 

 culine. 



225. ^THOPYGA MILES. 



Figured by Gould, B. Asia, pt. ii. pi. 9. 



By some mistake in the text, some of the tail-feathers, next 

 the central ones, are said to be scarlet ; this is of course quite 

 erroneous. A female measured 4| inches in length, wing 2, 

 extent Gg, tail Ig. 



227. ^THOPYGA GOULDI^. 



The superciliaries and cheeks are crimson, and the thi'oat has 

 a dull black median stripe extending towards the breast; the 

 lores and some of the cheek-feathers are glossless black, and 

 there is a purple spot below the ear-coverts; the outer tail- 

 feathers are blackish, with greenish white tips increasing towards 

 the outer pair and most conspicuous below. In the female the 

 rump is yellow, there are occasionally some crimson spots on 

 the sides, and the three or four outer tail-feathers are tipped 

 with white. I am indebted to Dr. Stoliczka for these corrections 

 and additions to my imperfect description. The species is figured 

 by Gould, * Birds of Asia,' pt. xix. pi. 6. I have only found this 

 beautiful Honeysucker in the N.W. Himalayas, in the valleys 

 of the Sutlej and Touse rivers. Stoliczka procured it in the 

 same locality up to 9000 or 10,000 feet near Chini; I did not 

 myself observe it higher up than Nachar. As stated in the 

 ' Birds of India,' I never got it at Darjeeling ; nor have I lately 

 seen a specimen procured there, nor in any of the countries to 

 the eastward. I fancy Mr. Blyth, from whom I took the geo- 



